John 2:5
His mother saith unto the servants, Whatsoever he saith unto you, do it.
KJV
λέγει ἡ μήτηρ αὐτοῦ τοῖς διακόνοις· ὅ τι ἂν λέγῃ ὑμῖν, ποιήσατε.
Greek NT
Dicit mater ejus ministris : Quodcumque dixerit vobis, facite.
Vulgate
His mother saith unto the servants, Whatsoever he saith unto you, do it.
ASV
His mother saith to the waiters: Whatsoever he shall say to you, do ye.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
10 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
διάκονος
diakonos
noun · 30×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
μήτηρ
meter
noun · 84×
ποιέω
poieo
verb · 569×
τὶς
tis
indefinite_pronoun · 527×
ἄν
an
particle · 165×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὅς
os
relative_pronoun · 1404×
ὑμεῖς
umeis
pronoun · 1828×
Textual variants
1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
minor
SBLGNT: Ὅ τι | Treg/NIV/RP: Ὅ τι | WH: Ὅτι
- Ὅ τι — SBLGNT
- Ὅ τι — Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27), Robinson-Pierpont
- Ὅτι — Westcott-Hort
source: sblgnt-apparatus
Historic Christian voices
5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Catechism of the Catholic Church · 2 passages
§1613On the threshold of his public life Jesus performs his first sign - at his mother's request - during a wedding feast.105 The Church attaches great importance to Jesus' presence at the wedding at Cana. She sees in it the confirmation of the goodness of marriage and the proclamation that thenceforth marriage will be an efficacious sign of Christ's presence.
§2618The Gospel reveals to us how Mary prays and intercedes in faith. At Cana,89 The mother of Jesus asks her son for the needs of a wedding feast; this is the sign of another feast - that of the wedding of the Lamb where he gives his body and blood at the request of the Church, his Bride. It is at the hour of the New Covenant, at the foot of the cross,90 that Mary is heard as the W…
§89Faith also possesses a moral content. It gives rise to and calls for a consistent life commitment; it entails and brings to perfection the acceptance and observance of God's commandments. As Saint John writes, "God is light and in him is no darkness at all. If we say we have fellowship with him while we walk in darkness, we lie and do not live according to the truth... And by t…
Cross-references
- 2Kgs 5:14 — Then went he down, and dipped himself seven times in Jordan, according to the saying of the man of God: and his flesh came again like unto the flesh of a little child, and he was clean.
- Acts 9:6 — And he trembling and astonished said, Lord, what wilt thou have me to do? And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the city, and it shall be told thee what thou must do.
- Ezek 37:4 — Again he said unto me, Prophesy upon these bones, and say unto them, O ye dry bones, hear the word of the LORD.
- Gen 6:22 — Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did he.
- Gen 6:22 — Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did he.
- Heb 5:9 — And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him;
- Heb 11:8 — By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went.
- Job 42:9 — So Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite went, and did according as the LORD commanded them: the LORD also accepted Job.
- John 2:7 — Jesus saith unto them, Fill the waterpots with water. And they filled them up to the brim.
- John 15:14 — Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.
- John 15:14 — Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.
- John 21:6 — And he said unto them, Cast the net on the right side of the ship, and ye shall find. They cast therefore, and now they were not able to draw it for the multitude of fishes.
- Judg 6:27 — Then Gideon took ten men of his servants, and did as the LORD had said unto him: and so it was, because he feared his father’s household, and the men of the city, that he could not do it by day, that
- Judg 13:14 — She may not eat of any thing that cometh of the vine, neither let her drink wine or strong drink, nor eat any unclean thing: all that I commanded her let her observe.
- Judg 13:14 — She may not eat of any thing that cometh of the vine, neither let her drink wine or strong drink, nor eat any unclean thing: all that I commanded her let her observe.
- Luke 5:5 — And Simon answering said unto him, Master, we have toiled all the night, and have taken nothing: nevertheless at thy word I will let down the net.
- Luke 5:5 — And Simon answering said unto him, Master, we have toiled all the night, and have taken nothing: nevertheless at thy word I will let down the net.
- Luke 6:46 — And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?
- Mark 8:6 — And he commanded the people to sit down on the ground: and he took the seven loaves, and gave thanks, and brake, and gave to his disciples to set before them; and they did set them before the people.
- Matt 1:24 — Then Joseph being raised from sleep did as the angel of the Lord had bidden him, and took unto him his wife:
- Matt 12:46 — While he yet talked to the people, behold, his mother and his brethren stood without, desiring to speak with him.
- Matt 21:2 — Saying unto them, Go into the village over against you, and straightway ye shall find an ass tied, and a colt with her: loose them, and bring them unto me.
- Phil 4:9 — Those things, which ye have both learned, and received, and heard, and seen in me, do: and the God of peace shall be with you.
- Ruth 3:6 — And she went down unto the floor, and did according to all that her mother in law bade her.