John 2:3

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • 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.
  • Eccl 10:19 : 19 A feast is for laughing, and wine makes glad the heart; but by the one and the other money is wasted.
  • Matt 26:28 : 28 Take of it, all of you, for this is my blood of the testament, which is given for men for the forgiveness of sins.
  • John 11:3 : 3 So the sisters sent to him, saying, Lord, your dear friend is ill.
  • Phil 4:6 : 6 Have no cares; but in everything with prayer and praise put your requests before God.

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  • John 2:1-2
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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.

  • John 2:4-12
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    4 Jesus said to her, Woman, this is not your business; my time is still to come.

    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,

    10 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.

    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.

    12 After this he went down to Capernaum, with his mother, his brothers, and his disciples, and they were there not more than two or three days.

  • John 19:25-28
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    25 Now by the side of the cross of Jesus were his mother, and his mother's sister Mary, the wife of Cleopas, and Mary Magdalene.

    26 So when Jesus saw his mother and the disciple who was dear to him, he said to his mother, Mother, there is your son!

    27 Then he said to the disciple, There is your mother! And from that hour the disciple took her to his house.

    28 After this, being conscious that all things had now been done so that the Writings might come true, Jesus said, Give me water.

  • John 4:46-47
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    70%

    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.

    47 When it came to his ears that Jesus had come from Judaea into Galilee, he went to him and made a request that he would come down to his son, who was near to death, and make him well.

  • John 4:7
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    7 A woman of Samaria came to get water, and Jesus said to her, Give me some water.

  • Mark 3:31-34
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    68%

    31 And his mother and brothers came and were outside, and sent for him, requesting to see him.

    32 And a great number were seated round him; and they said to him, See, your mother and your brothers are outside looking for you.

    33 And he said in answer, Who are my mother and my brothers?

    34 And looking round at those who were seated about him, he said, See, my mother and my brothers!

  • Luke 2:48
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    48 And when they saw him they were surprised, and his mother said to him, Son, why have you done this to us? see, your father and I have been looking for you with sorrow.

  • John 4:11
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    11 The woman said to him, Sir, you have no vessel and the fountain is deep; from where will you get the living water?

  • John 4:15-16
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    15 The woman said to him, Sir, give me this water, so that I may not be in need again of drink and will not have to come all this way for it.

    16 Jesus said to her, Go, get your husband and come back here with him.

  • John 4:27
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    27 At that point the disciples came back, and they were surprised to see him talking to a woman; but not one of them said to him, What is your purpose? or, Why are you talking to her?

  • Luke 2:50
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    50 And his words seemed strange to them.

  • Mark 15:23
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    23 And they gave him wine mixed with myrrh; but he did not take it.

  • Matt 12:46-49
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    46 While he was still talking to the people, his mother and his brothers came, desiring to have talk with him.

    47 And one said to him, See, your mother and your brothers are outside, desiring to have talk with you.

    48 But he in answer said to him who gave the news, Who is my mother and who are my brothers?

    49 And he put out his hand to his disciples and said, See, my mother and my brothers!

  • John 21:5
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    5 So Jesus said to them, Children, have you taken any fish? They made answer, No.

  • Matt 27:56
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    56 Among whom was Mary Magdalene, and Mary, the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of the sons of Zebedee.

  • Luke 8:19-20
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    19 And his mother and his brothers came to him, and they were not able to get near him because of the great number of people.

    20 And someone said to him, Your mother and your brothers are outside desiring to see you.

  • John 11:35
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    35 And Jesus himself was weeping.

  • John 4:13
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    13 Jesus said to her, Everyone who takes this water will be in need of it again:

  • John 4:9
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    9 The woman of Samaria said to him, Why do you, a Jew, make a request for water to me, a woman of Samaria? She said this because Jews have nothing to do with the people of Samaria.

  • John 4:54
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    54 Now this is the second sign which Jesus did after he had come out of Judaea into Galilee.

  • John 11:31-33
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    31 Then the Jews who were with her in the house, comforting her, when they saw Mary get up quickly and go out, went after her in the belief that she was going to the place of the dead and would be weeping there.

    32 When Mary came to where Jesus was and saw him, she went down at his feet, saying, Lord, if you had been here my brother would not be dead.

    33 And when Jesus saw her weeping, and saw the Jews weeping who came with her, his spirit was moved and he was troubled,

  • Luke 2:43
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    43 And when the days of the feast came to an end and they were going back, the boy Jesus was still in Jerusalem, but they had no knowledge of it:

  • John 6:22
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    22 The day after, the people who were on the other side of the sea saw that only one small boat had been there, that Jesus had not gone in that boat with the disciples, but that the disciples had gone away by themselves.

  • John 4:2
    66%

    2 (Though, in fact, it was his disciples who gave baptism, not Jesus himself),

  • Luke 5:39
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    39 And no man, having had old wine, has any desire for new, for he says, The old is better.

  • John 3:22
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    22 After these things Jesus and his disciples went into the land of Judaea, and there he was with them for some time, giving baptism.

  • Luke 5:37
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    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.