Then Jesus said to them, "All of you will be made to stumble because of Me this night, for it is written: 'I will strike the Shepherd, And the sheep of the flock will be scattered.'

And the Lord said, "Simon, Simon! Indeed, Satan has asked for you, that he may sift [you] as wheat.

"But I have prayed for you, that your faith should not fail; and when you have returned to [Me,] strengthen your brethren."

"These things I have spoken to you, that you should not be made to stumble.

"Indeed the hour is coming, yes, has now come, that you will be scattered, each to his own, and will leave Me alone. And yet I am not alone, because the Father is with Me.

At my first defense no one stood with me, but all forsook me. May it not be charged against them.

" Awake, O sword, against My Shepherd, Against the Man who is My Companion," Says the LORD of hosts. "Strike the Shepherd, And the sheep will be scattered; Then I will turn My hand against the little ones.