Then all his disciples abandoned him and ran away.
“You’re all going to abandon me,” Jesus told his disciples. “It is written, “ ‘I will strike down the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered.’
“A time is coming when you’ll be scattered and you’ll go to your own homes. In fact, that time is already here. You’ll leave me all alone. But I’m not really alone, because my Father is with me.
The first time I was put on trial, no one came to help me. Everyone deserted me. I hope they’ll be forgiven for it.
Jesus responded, “I told you, that’s me. If you’re looking for me, then let these men go.”
I was with you every day, teaching in the temple courtyard, and you didn’t arrest me. But the Scriptures must come true.”
A young man was following Jesus, wearing just a linen cloth. The men tried to grab him too,
