52 Then Jesus said to him, “Put your sword back into its place. For (A)all who take the sword will perish by the sword. 53 (B)Do you think that I cannot appeal to my Father, and he will at once send me (C)more than twelve (D)legions of angels? 54 (E)But how then should the Scriptures be fulfilled, that it must be so?” 55 At that hour Jesus said to the crowds, “Have you come out as against a robber, with swords and clubs to capture me? Day after day (F)I sat in the temple (G)teaching, and you did not seize me. 56 But (H)all this has taken place that the Scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled.” (I)Then all the disciples left him and fled.

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