Back to Luke, I’ve never noticed this construction:

And they were all astonished at the majesty of God. But while everyone was marveling at all that He was doing, He said to His disciples, “Put these words into your ears; for the Son of Man is going to be delivered into the hands of men.” (Luke 9.43 – 44, LSB, emphasis mine)

“Put these words into your ears.” (LSB and NAS)

“Let these words sink into your ears.” (ESV)

“Let these sayings sink down into your ears.” (KJV, NKJV)

“Listen carefully to what I am about to tell you.” (NIV)

“Listen to me and remember what I say.” (NLT)

“Treasure and ponder each of these next words.” (MSG)

“Listen carefully and let these words sink into your hearts.” (TPT)

“Put these words at once into your ears for your own good.” (Wuest)

Despite the lead-in, the “Listen up! This is important!” the disciples didn’t understand:

They didn’t get what he was saying. It was like he was speaking a foreign language and they couldn’t make heads or tails of it. But they were embarrassed to ask him what he meant. (Luke 9.45, MSG)

There are things Jesus wants to tell us. “Put these words into your ears…” but we will have difficulty understanding especially if it’s outside our framework. A suffering Messiah, despite Isaiah 53 which predicted him, was completely outside their experience.

This phenomenon may explain why the message of relational discipleship such as I shared day before yesterday doesn’t get through. It’s just outside the paradigm.

From that time Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things from the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and on the third day be raised. And Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him, saying, “Far be it from you, Lord! This shall never happen to you.” But he turned and said to Peter, “Get behind me, Satan! You are a hindrance to me. For you are not setting your mind on the things of God, but on the things of man.” (Matthew 16.21 – 23, ESV)