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

and deliver Him to the Gentiles to mock and to scourge and to crucify. And the third day He will rise again.

Then He took the twelve aside and 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.

They will scourge Him and kill Him. And the third day He will rise again.

Hear now, O Joshua the high priest, you and your companions who are sitting before you; for they are men of significance. For, behold, I will bring forth My Servant, the BRANCH.

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

The disciples said to Him, Rabbi, lately the Jews sought to stone You, and do You go there again?

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

But He did not speak to them without a parable. And when they were alone, He explained all things to His disciples.

At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank You, Father, Lord of Heaven and earth, that You have hidden these things from the wise and intelligent, and have revealed them to babes.

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

Then He turned to His disciples and said privately, Blessed are the eyes which see the things you see;