And as Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, He took aside the twelve disciples privately on the road, and He said to them,

and they will hand Him over to the Gentiles to mock and to scourge and to crucify. And the third day He shall rise again."

Then taking the twelve aside, He said to them, "Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and all things that are written by the prophets concerning the Son of Man will be accomplished.

and having scourged [Him], they will kill Him. And on the third day He will rise again."

[ 3:9] Hear now, Joshua the high priest, you and your neighbors that are sitting before you- for they are diviners; for behold, I bring forth My servant the Branch.

Now it came to pass, when the time had come for Him to be received up, that He steadfastly set His face to go to Jerusalem,

The disciples said to Him, "Rabbi, [just] now the Jews were seeking to stone You, and are You going there again?"

Then Thomas, who is called the Twin, said to his fellow disciples, "Let us also go, so that we may die with Him."

And apart from a parable He did not speak to them, however, privately to His disciples, he would explain all things.

At that time Jesus answered and said, "I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that You have hidden these things from the wise and prudent, and have revealed them to babes.

He answered and said to them, "To you it has been given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given.

And turning to His disciples He said privately, "Blessed are the eyes which see what you see;