World English Bible

Matthew 20:18

“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,”

Verse in context — Matthew 20

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.

Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee came to him with her sons, kneeling and asking a certain thing of him.

Jesus as the promised Messiah, fulfilling Old Testament prophecy.