World English Bible

Matthew 20:17

“As Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve disciples aside, and on the way he said to them,”

Verse in context — Matthew 20

Isn't it lawful for me to do what I want to with what I own? Or is your eye evil, because I am good?

So the last will be first, and the first last. For many are called, but few are chosen.

As Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve disciples aside, and on the way he said to them,

Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be delivered to the chief priests and scribes, and they will condemn him to death,

and will hand him over to the Gentiles to mock, to scourge, and to crucify; and the third day he will be raised up.

Jesus as the promised Messiah, fulfilling Old Testament prophecy.