" He has removed my brothers far from me, And my acquaintances are completely estranged from me.

Those who dwell in my house, and my maidservants, Count me as a stranger; I am an alien in their sight.

My breath is offensive to my wife, And I am repulsive to the children of my own body.

All my close friends abhor me, And those whom I love have turned against me.

The young men saw me and hid, And the aged arose [and] stood;

The voice of nobles was hushed, And their tongue stuck to the roof of their mouth.

Then he went up from there to Bethel; and as he was going up the road, some youths came from the city and mocked him, and said to him, "Go up, you baldhead! Go up, you baldhead!"

The people will be oppressed, Every one by another and every one by his neighbor; The child will be insolent toward the elder, And the base toward the honorable."

But in my adversity they rejoiced And gathered together; Attackers gathered against me, And I did not know [it;] They tore [at me] and did not cease;

With ungodly mockers at feasts They gnashed at me with their teeth.

Those who sit in the gate speak against me, And I [am] the song of the drunkards.

Then some began to spit on Him, and to blindfold Him, and to beat Him, and to say to Him, "Prophesy!" And the officers struck Him with the palms of their hands.

And they clothed Him with purple; and they twisted a crown of thorns, put it on His [head,]

Then they struck Him on the head with a reed and spat on Him; and bowing the knee, they worshiped Him.

said to them, "You have brought this Man to me, as one who misleads the people. And indeed, having examined [Him] in your presence, I have found no fault in this Man concerning those things of which you accuse Him;

And they all cried out at once, saying, "Away with this [Man,] and release to us Barabbas" --

And the people stood looking on. But even the rulers with them sneered, saying, "He saved others; let Him save Himself if He is the Christ, the chosen of God."

Then one of the criminals who were hanged blasphemed Him, saying, "If You are the Christ, save Yourself and us."

But the Jews who were not persuaded, becoming envious, took some of the evil men from the marketplace, and gathering a mob, set all the city in an uproar and attacked the house of Jason, and sought to bring them out to the people.

One of them, a prophet of their own, said, "Cretans [are] always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons."