And they all left him and fled.
And Jesus said to them, “You will all fall away, for it is written, ‘I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered.’
Behold, the hour is coming, indeed it has come, when you will be scattered, each to his own home, and will leave me alone. Yet I am not alone, for the Father is with me.
At my first defense no one came to stand by me, but all deserted me. May it not be charged against them!
You have caused my beloved and my friend to shun me; my companions have become darkness.
Your wrath lies heavy upon me, and you overwhelm me with all your waves. Selah You have caused my companions to shun me; you have made me a horror to them. I am shut in so that I cannot escape;
My friends and companions stand aloof from my plague, and my nearest kin stand far off.
Jesus answered, “I told you that I am he. So, if you seek me, let these men go.”
“I have trodden the winepress alone, and from the peoples no one was with me; I trod them in my anger and trampled them in my wrath; their lifeblood spattered on my garments, and stained all my apparel.
“He has put my brothers far from me, and those who knew me are wholly estranged from me. My relatives have failed me, my close friends have forgotten me.
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