Jesus said to them, “Fill the water pots with water.” They filled them up to the brim.
Parallel translations
- KJV Jesus saith unto them, Fill the waterpots with water. And they filled them up to the brim.
- BSB Jesus told the servants, “Fill the jars with water.” So they filled them to the brim.
- ESV Jesus said to the servants, “Fill the jars with water.” And they filled them up to the brim.
- NKJV Jesus said to them, “Fill the waterpots with water.” And they filled them up to the brim.
- NASB Jesus *said to them, “Fill the waterpots with water.” So they filled them up to the brim.
- NLT Jesus told the servants, “Fill the jars with water.” When the jars had been filled,
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Quick answer
Jesus tells the servants to fill the jars with water, and they fill them to the brim. The miracle works through ordinary obedience to His command.
Overview
Jesus chooses to act through the servants' simple compliance, having them fill the jars completely. Their full obedience, filling to the brim, sets the stage for the abundance of the sign. The episode shows that God often works His wonders as people obey His word, however ordinary the task may seem.
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- 2 Kgs 4:2–6Elisha said to her, “What should I do for you? Tell me: what do you have in the house?” She said, “Your servant has nothing in the house, except a pot of oil.”
- John 2:5His mother said to the servants, “Whatever he says to you, do it.”
- John 2:3When the wine ran out, Jesus’ mother said to him, “They have no wine.”
- 1 Kgs 17:13Elijah said to her, “Don’t be afraid. Go and do as you have said; but make me a little cake from it first, and bring it out to me, and afterward make some for you and for your son.
- Mark 14:12–17On the first day of unleavened bread, when they sacrificed the Passover, his disciples asked him, “Where do you want us to go and prepare that you may eat the Passover?”
- Mark 11:2–6and said to them, “Go your way into the village that is opposite you. Immediately as you enter into it, you will find a young donkey tied, on which no one has sat. Untie him, and bring him.
- 2 Kgs 5:10–14Elisha sent a messenger to him, saying, “Go and wash in the Jordan seven times, and your flesh shall come again to you, and you shall be clean.”
- Josh 6:3–5All of your men of war shall march around the city, going around the city once. You shall do this six days.
- Acts 8:26–40But an angel of the Lord spoke to Philip, saying, “Arise, and go toward the south to the way that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza. This is a desert.”
- Num 21:6–9Yahweh sent venomous snakes among the people, and they bit the people. Many people of Israel died.
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