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John 2:9

Miracles and God's intervention

7 Jesus told the servants, “Fill the jars with water.” So they filled them to the brim.

8 “Now draw some out,” He said, “and take it to the master of the banquet.” They did so,

and the master of the banquet tasted the water that had been turned into wine. He did not know where it was from, but the servants who had drawn the water knew. Then he called the bridegroom aside

10 and said, “Everyone serves the fine wine first, and then the cheap wine after the guests are drunk. But you have saved the fine wine until now!”

11 Jesus performed this, the first of His signs, at Cana in Galilee. He thus revealed His glory, and His disciples believed in Him.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
and the master of the banquet tasted the water that had been turned into wine. He did not know where it was from, but the servants who had drawn the water knew. Then he called the bridegroom aside
KJV
When the ruler of the feast had tasted the water that was made wine, and knew not whence it was: (but the servants which drew the water knew;) the governor of the feast called the bridegroom,
WEB
When the ruler of the feast tasted the water now become wine, and didn’t know where it came from (but the servants who had drawn the water knew), the ruler of the feast called the bridegroom
ASV
And when the ruler of the feast tasted the water now become wine, and knew not whence it was (but the servants that had drawn the water knew), the ruler of the feast calleth the bridegroom,
DARBY
But when the feast-master had tasted the water which had been made wine (and knew not whence it was, but the servants knew who drew the water), the feast-master calls the bridegroom,
BLB
And as the master of the feast tasted the water that has become wine, and he did not know from where it is—but the servants having drawn the water knew—the master of the feast calls the bridegroom
ÅB
Men da kjøkemesteren smakte vannet som var blitt til vin, og ikke visste hvor den kom fra - men tjenerne som hadde øst vannet, de visste det - da kalte kjøkemesteren på brudgommen og sa til ham:
OTB
Kjøkemesteren smakte på vannet som var blitt til vin, uten å vite hvor det kom fra, men tjenerne som hadde øst opp vannet visste det. Han kalte på brudgommen
B1930
Men da kjøkemesteren smakte vannet som var blitt til vin, og ikke visste hvor den kom fra - men tjenerne som hadde øst vannet, de visste det - da kalte kjøkemesteren på brudgommen og sa til ham:

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Cross references

  • John 4:46

    So once again He came to Cana in Galilee, where He had turned the water into wine. And there was a royal official whose son lay sick at Capernaum.

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  • John 7:17

    If anyone desires to do His will, he will know whether My teaching is from God or whether I speak on My own.

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  • Psalms 119:100

    I discern more than the elders, for I obey Your precepts.

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