- Nearby stood six stone water jars, the kind used by the Jews for ceremonial washing, each holding from twenty to thirty gallons.
- Jesus said to the servants, "Fill the jars with water"; so they filled them to the brim.
- Then he told them, "Now draw some out 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 realize where it had come from, though the servants who had drawn the water knew. Then he called the bridegroom aside
- and said, "Everyone brings out the choice wine first and then the cheaper wine after the guests have had too much to drink; but you have saved the best till now."
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- Now there were six stone waterpots set there for the Jewish custom of purification, containing twenty or thirty gallons each.
- Jesus said to them, "Fill the waterpots with water." So they filled them up to the brim.
- And He said to them, "Draw some out now and take it to the headwaiter." So they took it to him.
- When the headwaiter tasted the water which had become wine, and did not know where it came from (but the servants who had drawn the water knew), the headwaiter called the bridegroom,
- and said to him, "Every man serves the good wine first, and when the people have drunk freely, then he serves the poorer wine; but you have kept the good wine until now."
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