After Jesus reveals to his disciples that his sacrifice is the seed of the world’s fruitfulness, he’s immediately confronted by a crowd unwilling to hear it. They push back, insisting that his understanding of the Messiah doesn’t match their reading of Scripture. But Jesus lovingly rebukes them, reminding them that when people reject God’s revelation, they choose blindness. In this passage, we learn powerful lessons about true discipleship—what it means to receive truth with a teachable spirit, and what happens when we don’t.