And they were on the road, going up to Jerusalem, and Jesus was walking ahead of them. And they were amazed, and those who followed were afraid. And taking the twelve again, he began to tell them what was to happen to him,
And as Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve disciples aside, and on the way he said to them, “See, we are going up to Jerusalem. And the Son of Man will be delivered over to the chief priests and scribes, and they will condemn him to death and deliver him over to the Gentiles to be mocked and flogged and crucified, and he will be raised on the third day.”
And taking the twelve, he said to them, “See, we are going up to Jerusalem, and everything that is written about the Son of Man by the prophets will be accomplished. For he will be delivered over to the Gentiles and will be mocked and shamefully treated and spit upon. And after flogging him, they will kill him, and on the third day he will rise.” But they understood none of these things. This saying was hidden from them, and they did not grasp what was said.
When the days drew near for him to be taken up, he set his face to go to Jerusalem.
So Thomas, called the Twin, said to his fellow disciples, “Let us also go, that we may die with him.”
The disciples said to him, “Rabbi, the Jews were just now seeking to stone you, and are you going there again?”
Then turning to the disciples he said privately, “Blessed are the eyes that see what you see!
He did not speak to them without a parable, but privately to his own disciples he explained everything.
And he answered them, “To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given.
Hear now, O Joshua the high priest, you and your friends who sit before you, for they are men who are a sign: behold, I will bring my servant the Branch.
At that time Jesus declared, “I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you have hidden these things from the wise and understanding and revealed them to little children;
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