21 This failure may be well for you. The greatest lessons that are learned in life come through the failures that are made.
22 As the disciples sat in thoughtful meditation Jesus said, Let these words sink into your hearts:
23 The time has nearly come when you must bear your load alone; that is, without my presence in the flesh.
24 For I will fall into the hands of wicked men, and they will slay me on a mount beyond Bezetha wall.
25 And men will lay my body in a tomb where, by the sacred Word, it will be guarded and preserved three days; then I will rise again.
26 The twelve were sad; they did not understand, and yet they feared to ask him to reveal the meaning of his word.
27 Next day the Christine master and the twelve began their journey of return, and soon were in Capernaum.
CHAPTER 131.
Jesus and Peter pay the half-shekel tax. The disciples contend for the supremacy. Jesus rebukes them. Teaches them many practical lessons. The parable of the good shepherd.
As Jesus and the twelve were resting in the house, the tax collector came to Peter saying, Man, do Jesus and yourself pay this half-shekel tax?