and said to him, "Everybody serves the good wine first, and then the poorer wine after people have drunk freely; you have kept the good wine till now."

And on hearing what he said, they went away one by one, beginning with the older men, till Jesus was left alone with the woman standing before him.

Now the Jews would not believe he had been born blind and had regained his sight, till they summoned the parents of the man who had regained his sight

Then Mary, taking a pound of expensive perfume, real nard, anointed the feet of Jesus and wiped his feet with her hair, till the house was filled with the scent of the perfume.

Jesus replied, "If I choose that he should survive till I come back, what does that matter to you? Follow me yourself."

This started the report among the brotherhood that the said disciple was not to die. Jesus, however, did not say he was not to die; what he said was, "If I choose that he should survive till I come back, what does that matter to you?"