He replied, “You disciples are being given an understanding of the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but the crowds of people are not.
Matthew 20:17 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition) As Jesus was going up to Jerusalem He took the twelve apostles aside. As they traveled along He said to them, More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And Jesus going up to Jerusalem took the twelve disciples apart in the way, and said unto them, Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And as Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, He took the twelve disciples aside along the way and said to them, American Standard Version (1901) And as Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve disciples apart, and on the way he said unto them, Common English Bible As Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the Twelve aside by themselves on the road. He told them, Catholic Public Domain Version And Jesus, ascending to Jerusalem, took the twelve disciples aside in private and said to them: Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And Jesus going up to Jerusalem, took the twelve disciples apart, and said to them: |
He replied, “You disciples are being given an understanding of the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but the crowds of people are not.
Now when Jesus came into the region of Caesarea Philippi, He asked His disciples, “Who are people saying that the Son of man is?”
On the next day a large crowd that had come [to Jerusalem] for the Passover Festival heard that Jesus [also] was coming to Jerusalem.
You [apostles] did not choose me, but I chose you, and appointed you to go and bear much fruit [i.e., through their evangelizing], and that your fruit should last. Then the Father will give you whatever you ask Him for in my name [i.e. by my authority].
not to everyone, but to us [apostles] who were specially chosen by God to be witnesses [of His resurrected body], and to eat and drink with Him after He arose from the dead.