Jesus said to them, "All of you will run away and leave me, for the scripture says, 'God will kill the shepherd, and the sheep will all be scattered.'

God has made my own family forsake me; I am a stranger to those who knew me;

my relatives and friends are gone.

My friends and neighbors will not come near me, because of my sores; even my family keeps away from me.

Your anger lies heavy on me, and I am crushed beneath its waves.

You have caused my friends to abandon me; you have made me repulsive to them. I am closed in and cannot escape;

You have made even my closest friends abandon me, and darkness is my only companion.

The LORD answers, "I have trampled the nations like grapes, and no one came to help me. I trampled them in my anger, and their blood has stained all my clothing.

The time is coming, and is already here, when all of you will be scattered, each of you to your own home, and I will be left all alone. But I am not really alone, because the Father is with me.

"I have already told you that I am he," Jesus said. "If, then, you are looking for me, let these others go."

No one stood by me the first time I defended myself; all deserted me. May God not count it against them!