John 2:10

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And said to him, Every man first puts out his best wine and when all have had enough he puts out what is not so good; but you have kept the good wine till now.

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  • Rev 7:16-17 : 16 They will never be in need of food or drink: and they will never again be troubled by the burning heat of the sun: 17 For the Lamb who is on the high seat will be their keeper and their guide to fountains of living water: and God will make glad their eyes for ever.
  • Prov 9:1-6 : 1 Wisdom has made her house, putting up her seven pillars. 2 She has put her fat beasts to death; her wine is mixed, her table is ready. 3 She has sent out her women-servants; her voice goes out to the highest places of the town, saying, 4 Whoever is simple, let him come in here; and to him who has no sense, she says: 5 Come, take of my bread, and of my wine which is mixed. 6 Give up the simple ones and have life, and go in the way of knowledge.
  • Luke 16:25 : 25 But Abraham said, Keep in mind, my son, that when you were living, you had your good things, while Lazarus had evil things: but now, he is comforted and you are in pain.
  • Ps 104:15 : 15 And wine to make glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face shining, and bread giving strength to his heart.
  • Prov 9:16-18 : 16 Whoever is simple, let him come in here: and to him who is without sense, she says: 17 Drink taken without right is sweet, and food in secret is pleasing. 18 But he does not see that the dead are there, that her guests are in the deep places of the underworld.
  • Song 5:1 : 1 I have come into my garden, my sister, my bride; to take my myrrh with my spice; my wax with my honey; my wine with my milk. Take meat, O friends; take wine, yes, be overcome with love.

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  • John 2:5-9
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    84%

    5 His mother said to the servants, Whatever he says to you, do it.

    6 Now six pots of stone, every one taking two or three firkins of water, were placed there for the purpose of washing, as is the way of the Jews.

    7 Jesus said to the servants, Make the pots full of water. And they made them full to the top.

    8 Then he said to them, Now take some, and give it to the master of the feast. So they took it to him.

    9 After tasting the water which had now become wine, the master of the feast (having no idea where it came from, though it was clear to the servants who took the water out) sent for the newly-married man,

  • 11 This, the first of his signs, Jesus did at Cana in Galilee and let his glory be seen openly; and his disciples put their faith in him.

  • Luke 5:36-39
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    36 And he said to them, in a story, No man takes a bit of cloth from a new coat and puts it on to an old coat, for so the new coat would be damaged and the bit from the new would not go well with the old.

    37 And no man puts new wine into old wine-skins, for fear that the skins will be burst by the new wine, and the wine be let out, and the skins come to destruction.

    38 But new wine has to be put into new wine-skins.

    39 And no man, having had old wine, has any desire for new, for he says, The old is better.

  • John 2:1-3
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    1 On the third day two people were going to be married at Cana in Galilee. The mother of Jesus was there:

    2 And Jesus with his disciples came as guests.

    3 When they had not enough wine, the mother of Jesus said to him, They have no wine.

  • Mark 2:21-22
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    21 No man puts a bit of new cloth on an old coat: or the new, by pulling away from the old, makes a worse hole.

    22 And no man puts new wine into old wine-skins: or the skins will be burst by the wine, and the wine and the skins will be wasted: but new wine has to be put into new wine-skins.

  • Matt 9:16-17
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    16 And no man puts a bit of new cloth on an old coat, for by pulling away from the old, it makes a worse hole.

    17 And men do not put new wine into old wine-skins; or the skins will be burst and the wine will come out, and the skins are of no more use: but they put new wine into new wine-skins, and so the two will be safe.

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    30 Those who are seated late over the wine: those who go looking for mixed wine.

    31 Keep your eyes from looking on the wine when it is red, when its colour is bright in the cup, when it goes smoothly down:

  • 7 And they gave them drink in gold vessels, every vessel being different, and wine of the kingdom, freely given by the king.

  • Luke 14:7-9
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    7 And he gave teaching in the form of a story to the guests who came to the feast, when he saw how they took the best seats; saying to them,

    8 When you get a request to come to a feast, do not take the best seat, for a more important man than you may be coming,

    9 And then the giver of the feast will come to you and say, Give your place to this man; and you, with shame, will have to take the lowest seat.

  • 10 So your store-houses will be full of grain, and your vessels overflowing with new wine.

  • 1 Wine makes men foolish, and strong drink makes men come to blows; and whoever comes into error through these is not wise.

  • 46 So he came to Cana in Galilee, where he had made the water wine. And there was a certain man of high position whose son was ill at Capernaum.

  • 25 Truly I say to you, I will take no more of the fruit of the vine till the day when I take it new in the kingdom of God.

  • 29 But I say to you that from now I will not take of this fruit of the vine, till that day when I take it new with you in my Father's kingdom.

  • 7 The new wine is thin, the vine is feeble, and all the glad-hearted make sounds of grief.

  • 6 Give strong drink to him who is near to destruction, and wine to him whose soul is bitter:

  • 13 But others, making sport of them, said, They are full of new wine.

  • 2 And when the time came, he sent a servant to get from the workmen some of the fruit of the garden.

  • 34 And Jesus said, Are you able to make the friends of the newly-married man go without food when he is with them?

  • 23 Do not take only water as your drink, but take a little wine for the good of your stomach, and because you are frequently ill.

  • 5 Come out of your sleep, you who are overcome with wine, and give yourselves to weeping; give cries of sorrow, all you drinkers of wine, because of the sweet wine; for it has been cut off from your mouths.

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    10 And those servants went out into the streets, and got together all those whom they came across, bad and good: and the feast was full of guests.

    11 But when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man who had not on a guest's robe;

  • 18 For I say to you, I will not take of the fruit of the vine till the kingdom of God has come.

  • 21 For when you take your food, everyone takes his meal before the other; and one has not enough food, and another is the worse for drink.

  • 8 And when evening came, the lord of the vine-garden said to his manager, Let the workers come, and give them their payment, from the last to the first.

  • 15 A curse on him who gives his neighbour the wine of his wrath, making him overcome with strong drink from the cup of his passion, so that you may be a witness of their shame!

  • Luke 7:33-34
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    33 For John the Baptist came, taking no food or drink, and you say, He has an evil spirit.

    34 The Son of man came feasting, and you say, Here is a lover of food and wine, a friend of tax-farmers and sinners.

  • 12 So you are to say this word to them: This is the word of the Lord, the God of Israel: Every skin bottle will be full of wine; and they will say to you, Is it not quite clear to us that every skin bottle will be full of wine?

  • 16 And he said to them, A certain man gave a great feast, and sent word of it to a number of people.

  • 19 And Jesus said to them, Will the friends of a newly-married man go without food while he is with them? as long as they have him with them they will not go without food.

  • 19 A feast is for laughing, and wine makes glad the heart; but by the one and the other money is wasted.

  • 13 Jesus said to her, Everyone who takes this water will be in need of it again:

  • 11 Loose ways and new wine take away wisdom.

  • 49 And is cruel to the other servants, taking his pleasure with those who are overcome with wine;