And when some left Me because My way became dangerous, and My person contemned, you stayed with Me, and when My words were not fulfilled as you expected, leading not to worldly power but to humiliation, you still stayed with Me, followed Me into exile among the heathen, and into the desert hills.

Who am I, then, that you remain faithful to Me ?" They were so moved that no one was able to utter a word.

Jesus continued: "I shall go down again to Galilee, but I shall find there no stone on which to rest My head in peace.

All who are with Me will be persecuted for My sake.

I shall go along the Jordan to Judaea, and up to Jerusalem, where My most powerful enemies are.