² and I will come on him while he is weary and weak-handed, and will make him afraid; and all the people who are with him shall flee; and I will strike the king only;

¹⁴ The king, and all the people who were with him, came weary; and he refreshed himself there.

³¹ Now the king of Syria had commanded the thirty-two captains of his chariots, saying, Fight neither with small nor great, save only with the king of Israel.

⁷ "Awake, sword, against my shepherd, And against the man who is close to me," says Yahweh of Hosts. Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered; And I will turn my hand against the little ones.

¹⁸ how he met you by the way, and struck the hindmost of you, all who were feeble behind you, when you were faint and weary; and he didn't fear God.

³⁸ But the farmers, when they saw the son, said among themselves, 'This is the heir. Come, let's kill him, and seize his inheritance.'

³¹ Then Jesus said to them, "All of you will be made to stumble because of me tonight, for it is written, 'I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.'

⁵⁰ nor do you consider that it is advantageous for us that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation not perish."

⁴ Jesus therefore, knowing all the things that were happening to him, went forth, and said to them, "Who are you looking for?"

⁵ They answered him, "Jesus of Nazareth." Jesus said to them, "I AM." Judas also, who betrayed him, was standing with them.

⁶ When therefore he said to them, "I AM," they went backward, and fell to the ground.

⁷ Again therefore he asked them, "Who are you looking for?" They said, "Jesus of Nazareth."

⁸ Jesus answered, "I told you that I AM. If therefore you seek me, let these go their way,"