And as Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve disciples apart, and on the way he said unto them,
not to all the people, but unto witnesses that were chosen before of God, even to us, who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead.
No longer do I call you servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I heard from my Father I have made known unto you.
On the morrow a great multitude that had come to the feast, when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem,
Now when Jesus came into the parts of Cæsarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Who do men say that the Son of man is?
And he answered and said unto them, Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.
And Jehovah said, Shall I hide from Abraham that which I do;