John 2:4

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Jesus said to her, Woman, this is not your business; my time is still to come.

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  • John 7:6 : 6 Jesus said to them, My time is still to come, but any time is good for you.
  • John 8:20 : 20 Jesus said these words in the place where the offerings were stored, while he was teaching in the Temple: but no man took him because his time was still to come.
  • John 13:1 : 1 Now before the feast of the Passover, it was clear to Jesus that the time had come for him to go away from this world to the Father. Having once had love for those in the world who were his, his love for them went on to the end.
  • John 7:30 : 30 Then they had a desire to take him: but no man put hands on him because his hour was still to come.
  • Eccl 3:1 : 1 For everything there is a fixed time, and a time for every business under the sun.
  • John 19:26-27 : 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.
  • John 12:23 : 23 And Jesus said to them in answer, The hour of the glory of the Son of man has come.
  • 2 Sam 16:10 : 10 And the king said, What have I to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah? Let him go on cursing, for the Lord has said, Put a curse on David, and who then may say, Why have you done so?
  • 2 Sam 19:22 : 22 And David said, What have I to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah, that you put yourselves against me today? is it right for any man in Israel to be put to death today? for I am certain today that I am king in Israel.
  • Matt 15:28 : 28 Then Jesus, answering, said to her, O woman, great is your faith: let your desire be done. And her daughter was made well from that hour.
  • Luke 2:49 : 49 And he said to them, Why were you looking for me? was it not clear to you that my right place was in my Father's house?
  • Matt 8:29 : 29 And they gave a loud cry, saying, What have we to do with you, you Son of God? Have you come here to give us punishment before the time?
  • Deut 33:9 : 9 Who said of his father, Who is he? and of his mother, I have not seen her; he kept himself separate from his brothers and had no knowledge of his children: for they have given ear to your word and kept your agreement.
  • John 20:13 : 13 They said to her, Woman, why are you weeping? She said to them, Because they have taken away my Lord, and I have no knowledge where they have put him.
  • John 20:15 : 15 Jesus said to her, Woman, why are you weeping? who are you looking for? She, taking him for the gardener, said to him, Sir, if you have taken him away from here, say where you have put him and I will take him away.
  • 2 Cor 5:16 : 16 For this reason, from this time forward we have knowledge of no man after the flesh: even if we have had knowledge of Christ after the flesh, we have no longer any such knowledge.
  • Gal 2:5-6 : 5 To whom we gave way not even for an hour; so that the true words of the good news might still be with you. 6 But from those who seemed to be important (whatever they were has no weight with me: God does not take man's person into account): those who seemed to be important gave nothing new to me;

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

    2And Jesus with his disciples came as guests.

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

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

  • John 4:6-11
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    6Now Jacob's fountain was there. Jesus, being tired after his journey, was resting by the fountain. It was about the sixth hour.

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

    8For his disciples had gone to the town to get food.

    9The 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.

    10In answer Jesus said, If you had knowledge of what God gives freely and who it is who says to you, Give me water, you would make your prayer to him, and he would give you living water.

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

  • 6Jesus said to them, My time is still to come, but any time is good for you.

  • John 4:25-29
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    25The woman said to him, I am certain that the Messiah, who is named Christ, is coming; when he comes he will make all things clear to us.

    26Jesus said to her, I, who am talking to you, am he.

    27At 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?

    28Then the woman put down her water-pot and went into the town, and said to the people,

    29Come and see a man who has been talking to me of everything I ever did! Is it possible that this is the Christ?

  • John 4:15-17
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    15The 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.

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

    17In answer, the woman said, I have no husband. Jesus said to her, You have said rightly, I have no husband:

  • 21Jesus said to her, Woman, take my word for this; the time is coming when you will not give worship to the Father on this mountain or in Jerusalem.

  • 8Go you up to the feast: I am not going up now to the feast because my time has not fully come.

  • John 8:19-20
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    19Then they said to him, Where is your Father? Jesus said in answer, You have no knowledge of me or of my Father: if you had knowledge of me you would have knowledge of my Father.

    20Jesus said these words in the place where the offerings were stored, while he was teaching in the Temple: but no man took him because his time was still to come.

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

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

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    15Jesus said to her, Woman, why are you weeping? who are you looking for? She, taking him for the gardener, said to him, Sir, if you have taken him away from here, say where you have put him and I will take him away.

    16Jesus said to her, Mary! Turning, she said to him in Hebrew, Rabboni! (which is to say, Master).

    17Jesus said to her, Do not put your hand on me, for I have not gone up to the Father: but go to my brothers and say to them, I go up to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.

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

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

  • 19The woman said to him, Sir, I see that you are a prophet.

  • 27Now is my soul troubled; and what am I to say? Father, keep me from this hour. No: for this purpose have I come to this hour.

  • 6But Jesus said, Let her be; why are you troubling her? she has done a kind act to me.

  • 30Then they had a desire to take him: but no man put hands on him because his hour was still to come.

  • 7Then Jesus said, Let her be. Let her keep what she has for the day of my death.

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    27She said to him, Yes, Lord: my faith is that you are the Christ, the Son of God, who was to come into the world.

    28And having said this, she went away and said secretly to her sister Mary, The Master is here and has sent for you.

  • 10But Jesus, seeing it, said to them, Why are you troubling the woman? she has done a kind act to me.

  • John 2:7-8
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    7Jesus said to the servants, Make the pots full of water. And they made them full to the top.

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

  • 43How is it that the mother of my Lord comes to me?

  • 30Now Jesus had not at this time come into the town, but was still in the place where Martha had seen him.

  • 23But he gave her no answer. And his disciples came and said to him, Send her away, for she is crying after us.

  • 23And Jesus said to them in answer, The hour of the glory of the Son of man has come.

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

  • 39Now a number of the people of that town had faith in him because of the woman's witness: He has been talking to me of everything I ever did.

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

  • 13They said to her, Woman, why are you weeping? She said to them, Because they have taken away my Lord, and I have no knowledge where they have put him.

  • 11And she said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said, And I do not give a decision against you: go, and never do wrong again.]

  • 16Jesus gave them this answer: It is not my teaching, but his who sent me.