A Very Innocent Man

I am a very innocent man. You should know this. If they can do this to me, they can do it to you. Think about that. And know that what I have done, I have done for you. That I take your suffering onto myself so that you do not have to suffer.

The kind of transaction of which I am accused is not a crime. Business people do this kind of thing every day. It is common. Usual. Even expected. And they do not suffer persecution for it. It is only I who have been singled out for persecution. Traitor, they call me. No one else in history has been as abused as I have been.

But I do not complain. Because I do it for you. And I accept the abuse and calumny with humility and resignation, for I am your servant and shield. Now, if some of you can't put up with the abuse that has been visited on me, you might want to crack a few heads ... but that has nothing to do with me.

For I am a very innocent man. And let me tell you, those lousy thirty pieces of silver didn't go near as far as you might think.