Once again, Jesus tells His disciples ab out what is coming, not to discourage them, but most likely more to focus them. Instead of the disciples focusing on Christ's prophecy of His own death, they should have focused upon His promised resurrection. -Jesus Pays the Temple Tax- Christ shows us that privilege is not to be used to disregard the needs of others. We do not want to be unnecessarily offensive, sacrifices of all sorts will be required of us serving as ambassadors of our Lord. -(beginning to look at:) The Greatness of the Littleness of the Kingdom of Heaven- The disciples wanted to know who among them would be the greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven. Christ explains to the disciples that the standard of greatness of the age in which they lived did not match that of the eternal age.