John 2:6 - New International Version (Anglicised)

⁶ Nearby stood six stone water jars, the kind used by the Jews for ceremonial washing, each holding from eighty to a hundred and twenty litres.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁶ And there were set there six waterpots of stone, after the manner of the purifying of the Jews, containing two or three firkins apiece.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁶ Now there were six waterpots of stone standing there, as the Jewish custom of purification (ceremonial washing) demanded, holding twenty to thirty gallons apiece.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁶ Now there were six waterpots of stone set there after the Jews’ manner of purifying, containing two or three firkins apiece.

Common English Bible

⁶ Nearby were six stone water jars used for the Jewish cleansing ritual, each able to hold about twenty or thirty gallons.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁶ Now in that place, there were six stone water jars, for the purification ritual of the Jews, containing two or three measures each.

John 2:6 Tagairtí Cros

Luke 16:6

‘ “Three thousand litres of olive oil,” he replied. ‘The manager told him, “Take your bill, sit down quickly, and make it fifteen hundred.”

John 2:7

Jesus said to the servants, ‘Fill the jars with water’; so they filled them to the brim.

John 3:25

An argument developed between some of John’s disciples and a certain Jew over the matter of ceremonial washing.

Ephesians 5:26

to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word,

Hebrews 10:22

let us draw near to God with a sincere heart and with the full assurance that faith brings, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and having our bodies washed with pure water.

Hebrews 6:2

instruction about cleansing rites, the laying on of hands, the resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment.

Hebrews 9:10

They are only a matter of food and drink and various ceremonial washings – external regulations applying until the time of the new order.

Hebrews 9:19

When Moses had proclaimed every command of the law to all the people, he took the blood of calves, together with water, scarlet wool and branches of hyssop, and sprinkled the scroll and all the people.