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Zacchaeus meets Jesus

19 Jesus went into Jericho and he was walking through the city. ² There was a man there called Zacchaeus. He was a leader of the men who took taxes from people. He had become very rich. ³ He was trying to see who Jesus was. There was a big crowd there and he was a small man. So he could not see Jesus. ⁴ He ran on in front of the crowd and he climbed up a tree. He could see Jesus more easily from the tree, because Jesus would walk along that way. ⁵ When Jesus came to the tree, he looked up at Zacchaeus. He said to him, ‘Zacchaeus, come down quickly. Today I must stay in your home.’

⁶ So Zacchaeus came down immediately and took Jesus into his home. He was very happy about this. ⁷ The people saw what had happened. They were not happy, and they were saying, ‘Jesus has gone to stay in the home of a man that does bad things.’

⁸ Later, Zacchaeus stood up in front of everyone. He said to the Lord Jesus, ‘Listen, Master! I will give half of all the things that I have to poor people. I may have taken too much money from some people. I will give back to them four times as much as I took from them wrongly.’

⁹ Jesus said to him, ‘Today God has saved people in this home. Now Zacchaeus also belongs to the family of Abraham. ¹⁰ I, the Son of Man, came to look for people who are far away from God. They are in danger and I have come to save them.’

Jesus tells a story about 10 servants

¹¹ While the people were still listening, Jesus told them a story. He did this because the people had wrong thoughts. He was now getting near to Jerusalem. So the people with him were thinking that God would begin to rule his people immediately.

¹² Jesus said to them, ‘An important man left his home and he travelled a long way to another country. There he would receive authority to rule his own country. After that, he would return home and he would be king. ¹³ Before he left, he asked ten of his servants to come to him. He gave each of them ten pounds of silver. ^{[ a ]} “Use this money to get more money for me while I am away,” he said. ^{[ b ]}

¹⁴ But the people who were living in his country did not like the man. So they sent some of their people to the foreign country with a message. They said, “We do not want this man to rule over us.”

¹⁵ Then the man returned home and he was now their king. He asked those ten servants to come to him. He had given them each some money. Now he wanted to know how much more money they had now. They should have bought things with it and then they should have sold those things again for more money.

¹⁶ The first servant came to him and said, “Master, your money has made ten more pounds for you.” ¹⁷ The king was happy and said to his servant, “You have done well. You are a good servant that I can trust. You have used a small amount of money well. So now you will rule over ten cities.”

¹⁸ The second servant came and said, “Master, your money has made five more pounds.” ¹⁹ The king replied, “You will rule over five cities.”

²⁰ Then another servant came. He said, “Master, here is your money. I put it away in a piece of cloth to keep it safe. ²¹ I did this because I was afraid of you. You tell people what they should do all the time. You take things that you did not work for. You take food from fields where you did not plant any seed.”

²² The king replied, “You are a very bad servant! I will use your own words to show you that you have done the wrong thing. You say that I tell people what they should do all the time. That I take things that I did not work for. That I take food from fields where I did not plant any seed. Did you know all that about me? ²³ Then you should have put my money into the bank. When I came home, I would have received my money back, with extra money.”

²⁴ Some other servants were standing near to their master. He said to them, “Take the money from this bad servant. Give it to the servant that has ten pounds.” ²⁵ “But, master,” they replied, “that servant has ten pounds already.”

²⁶ “Let me tell you this,” the king said. “Some people have received good things. They will all receive more. Some other people have nothing. Those people will lose even the little bit that they do have. ²⁷ Now I must punish these other people that did not want me to rule over them. Bring them here and kill them in front of me.” ’ ^{[ c ]}

Jesus goes into Jerusalem

²⁸ When Jesus had said all this, he went on in front of them. He was going towards Jerusalem. ²⁹ He was getting near to two villages called Bethphage and Bethany. ^{[ d ]} They were on the Mount of Olives. ^{[ e ]} Then Jesus sent two of his disciples to go further. ³⁰ He told them, ‘Go into the village that is in front of you. When you arrive there, you will find a young donkey. Someone has tied it there. Nobody has yet ridden on it. Undo the rope and bring the donkey here to me. ³¹ Someone may ask you, “Why are you taking the donkey?” Then say to them, “The Master needs it.” ’

³² The two men went into the village. They saw everything there that Jesus had told them about. ³³ While they were taking the young donkey, some men spoke to them. It was their own donkey. They asked, ‘Why are you taking the donkey?’ ³⁴ ‘The Master needs it,’ the disciples replied.

³⁵ They brought the donkey to Jesus. They put their coats on its back. Then they helped Jesus to sit on it. ³⁶ While he was riding along, the people were putting their coats down on the road in front of him.

³⁷ Jesus got near to the lowest part of the Mount of Olives. The whole crowd of his disciples were very happy. They began to praise God with loud voices. They thanked him for all the great things that they had seen. ³⁸ They said:

‘May the Lord God bless the king who comes with his authority!
We want everything to be well in heaven. We praise our powerful God above!’

³⁹ Some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to Jesus, ‘Teacher, stop your disciples from saying these things.’

⁴⁰ ‘Let me tell you this,’ Jesus replied. ‘If these people were quiet, the stones of the city would shout out instead!’

⁴¹ When Jesus got near to the city, he looked at it. He cried because he felt very sorry for the people in it. ⁴² He said, ‘You need to know what would really help you. Then you could have lived without trouble. But now, you are unable to understand properly. ⁴³ As a result, days of trouble will come to you. Your enemies will build a wall round you. They will shut you in completely, and they will not let you leave. ⁴⁴ So your enemies will knock you down. They will completely destroy your city and all the people who live in it. They will not leave even one stone on top of another stone. You did not understand that God had come to save you at this time. That is why these bad things will happen to you.’ ^{[ f ]}

Jesus teaches in the temple

⁴⁵ Jesus went into the yard of the temple. Some people were selling things there. He began to make them all leave that place. ⁴⁶ He said to them, ‘The Bible says, “God's house will be a place where people come to pray.” But you have changed it into a place where robbers meet.’

⁴⁷ Jesus was teaching every day in the temple. The leaders of the priests and teachers of God's Law wanted to kill him. Some other important people also wanted to kill him. ⁴⁸ But all the people were listening to him very carefully. They wanted to hear everything that he was saying. So those leaders did not know how they could kill him.

Footnotes

19:13 A man would receive 10 pounds of silver if he worked for 100 days. It was a lot of money.
19:13 Jesus was telling people that God gives gifts to us. We must use the gifts that he gives to us. One day we will have to tell him how we used them. Some people may not have used them. He will say that those people have done the wrong thing.
19:27 In the picture story, Jesus tells them that he is going away. And he tells them that he will return. The people that do not want Jesus to rule over them now will meet him again. Jesus was telling them what would happen to those people.
19:29 Bethphage and Bethany were on the east side of the Mount of Olives.
19:29 The Mount of Olives is very near Jerusalem, on the east side of the city. Many olive trees grow on it.
19:44 The people did not understand that Jesus had come from God with his authority. He had come to save them. Because they did not understand this, enemies would destroy their city. This happened about 40 years later. The Romans destroyed Jerusalem in the year AD 70.

Zacchaeus

19 Jesus was going through the city of Jericho. ² In Jericho there was a man named Zacchaeus. He was a wealthy, very important tax collector. ³ He wanted to see who Jesus was. There were many others who wanted to see Jesus too. Zacchaeus was too short to see above the people. ⁴ So he ran to a place where he knew Jesus would come. Then he climbed a sycamore tree so he could see him.

⁵ When Jesus came to where Zacchaeus was, he looked up and saw him in the tree. Jesus said, “Zacchaeus, hurry! Come down! I must stay at your house today.”

⁶ Zacchaeus hurried and came down. He was happy to have Jesus in his house. ⁷ Everyone saw this. They began to complain, “Look at the kind of man Jesus is staying with. Zacchaeus is a sinner!”

⁸ Zacchaeus said to the Lord, “I want to do good. I will give half of my money to the poor. If I have cheated anyone, I will pay them back four times more.”

⁹ Jesus said, “Today is the day for this family to be saved from sin. Yes, even this tax collector is one of God’s chosen people. ^{[ a ]} ¹⁰ The Son of Man came to find lost people and save them.”

Use What God Gives You ^{( A )}

¹¹ As the crowd listened to what he was saying, Jesus went on to tell a story. He was now near Jerusalem and knew that the people thought it was almost time for God’s kingdom to come. ¹² So he said, “A very important man was preparing to go to a country far away to be made a king. Then he planned to return home and rule his people. ¹³ So he called ten of his servants together. He gave a bag of money ^{[ b ]} to each servant. He said, ‘Do business with this money until I come back.’ ¹⁴ But the people in the kingdom hated the man. They sent a group to follow him to the other country. There they said, ‘We don’t want this man to be our king.’

¹⁵ “But the man was made king. When he came home, he said, ‘Call those servants who have my money. I want to know how much more money they earned with it.’ ¹⁶ The first servant came and said, ‘Sir, I earned ten bags of money with the one bag you gave me.’ ¹⁷ The king said to him, ‘That’s great! You are a good servant. I see that I can trust you with small things. So now I will let you rule over ten of my cities.’

¹⁸ “The second servant said, ‘Sir, with your one bag of money I earned five bags.’ ¹⁹ The king said to this servant, ‘You can rule over five cities.’

²⁰ “Then another servant came in and said to the king, ‘Sir, here is your bag of money. I wrapped it in a piece of cloth and hid it. ²¹ I was afraid of you because you are a hard man. You even take money that you didn’t earn and gather food that you didn’t grow.’

²² “Then the king said to him, ‘What a bad servant you are! I will use your own words to condemn you. You said that I am a hard man. You said that I even take money that I didn’t earn and gather food that I didn’t grow. ²³ If that is true, you should have put my money in the bank. Then, when I came back, my money would have earned some interest.’ ²⁴ Then the king said to the men who were watching, ‘Take the bag of money away from this servant and give it to the servant who earned ten bags of money.’

²⁵ “The men said to the king, ‘But sir, that servant already has ten bags of money.’

²⁶ “The king said, ‘People who use what they have will get more. But those who do not use what they have will have everything taken away from them. ²⁷ Now where are my enemies? Where are the people who did not want me to be king? Bring my enemies here and kill them. I will watch them die.’”

Jesus Enters Jerusalem Like a King ^{( B )}

²⁸ After Jesus said these things, he continued traveling toward Jerusalem. ²⁹ He came near Bethphage and Bethany, towns near the hill called the Mount of Olives. He sent out two of his followers. ³⁰ He said, “Go into the town you can see there. When you enter the town, you will find a young donkey tied there that no one has ever ridden. Untie it, and bring it here to me. ³¹ If anyone asks you why you are taking the donkey, you should say, ‘The Master needs it.’”

³² The two followers went into town. They found the donkey exactly like Jesus told them. ³³ They untied it, but its owners came out. They said to the followers, “Why are you untying our donkey?”

³⁴ The followers answered, “The Master needs it.” ³⁵ So the followers brought the donkey to Jesus. They put their coats on its back. Then they put Jesus on the donkey. ³⁶ He rode along the road toward Jerusalem. The followers spread their coats on the road before him.

³⁷ Jesus was coming close to Jerusalem. He was already near the bottom of the Mount of Olives. The whole group of followers was happy. They were very excited and praised God. They thanked God for all the powerful things they had seen. ³⁸ They said,

“‘Welcome! God bless the king who comes in the name of the Lord.’ ^{( C )}

Peace in heaven and glory to God!”

³⁹ Some of the Pharisees said to Jesus, “Teacher, tell your followers not to say these things.”

⁴⁰ But Jesus answered, “I tell you, if my followers didn’t say them, these stones would shout them.”

Jesus Cries for Jerusalem

⁴¹ Jesus came near Jerusalem. Looking at the city, he began to cry for it ⁴² and said, “I wish you knew today what would bring you peace. But it is hidden from you now. ⁴³ A time is coming when your enemies will build a wall around you and hold you in on all sides. ⁴⁴ They will destroy you and all your people. Not one stone of your buildings will stay on top of another. All this will happen because you did not know the time when God came to save you.”

Jesus Goes to the Temple ^{( D )}

⁴⁵ Jesus went into the Temple area. He began to throw out the people who were selling things there. ⁴⁶ He said, “The Scriptures say, ‘My Temple will be a house of prayer.’ ^{[ c ]} But you have changed it into a ‘hiding place for thieves.’ ^{[ d ]} ”

⁴⁷ Jesus taught the people in the Temple area every day. The leading priests, the teachers of the law, and some of the leaders of the people wanted to kill him. ⁴⁸ But they did not know how they could do it, because everyone was listening to him. The people were very interested in what Jesus said.

Footnotes

Luke 19:9 one of God’s chosen people Literally, “a son of Abraham.”
Luke 19:13 bag of money One bag of money was a Greek mina, enough to pay a person for working three months. Also in verses 16, 18, 20, 24, 25.
Luke 19:46 Quote from Isa. 56:7 .
Luke 19:46 Quote from Jer. 7:11 .

19 And Jesus entered and passed through Jericho.

² And, behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus, which was the chief among the publicans, and he was rich.

³ And he sought to see Jesus who he was; and could not for the press, because he was little of stature.

⁴ And he ran before, and climbed up into a sycomore tree to see him: for he was to pass that way.

⁵ And when Jesus came to the place, he looked up, and saw him, and said unto him, Zacchaeus, make haste, and come down; for to day I must abide at thy house.

⁶ And he made haste, and came down, and received him joyfully.

⁷ And when they saw it, they all murmured, saying, That he was gone to be guest with a man that is a sinner.

⁸ And Zacchaeus stood, and said unto the Lord: Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have taken any thing from any man by false accusation, I restore him fourfold.

⁹ And Jesus said unto him, This day is salvation come to this house, forsomuch as he also is a son of Abraham.

¹⁰ For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.

¹¹ And as they heard these things, he added and spake a parable, because he was nigh to Jerusalem, and because they thought that the kingdom of God should immediately appear.

¹² He said therefore, A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return.

¹³ And he called his ten servants, and delivered them ten pounds, and said unto them, Occupy till I come.

¹⁴ But his citizens hated him, and sent a message after him, saying, We will not have this man to reign over us.

¹⁵ And it came to pass, that when he was returned, having received the kingdom, then he commanded these servants to be called unto him, to whom he had given the money, that he might know how much every man had gained by trading.

¹⁶ Then came the first, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained ten pounds.

¹⁷ And he said unto him, Well, thou good servant: because thou hast been faithful in a very little, have thou authority over ten cities.

¹⁸ And the second came, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained five pounds.

¹⁹ And he said likewise to him, Be thou also over five cities.

²⁰ And another came, saying, Lord, behold, here is thy pound, which I have kept laid up in a napkin:

²¹ For I feared thee, because thou art an austere man: thou takest up that thou layedst not down, and reapest that thou didst not sow.

²² And he saith unto him, Out of thine own mouth will I judge thee, thou wicked servant. Thou knewest that I was an austere man, taking up that I laid not down, and reaping that I did not sow:

²³ Wherefore then gavest not thou my money into the bank, that at my coming I might have required mine own with usury?

²⁴ And he said unto them that stood by, Take from him the pound, and give it to him that hath ten pounds.

²⁵ (And they said unto him, Lord, he hath ten pounds.)

²⁶ For I say unto you, That unto every one which hath shall be given; and from him that hath not, even that he hath shall be taken away from him.

²⁷ But those mine enemies, which would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me.

²⁸ And when he had thus spoken, he went before, ascending up to Jerusalem.

²⁹ And it came to pass, when he was come nigh to Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount called the mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples,

³⁰ Saying, Go ye into the village over against you; in the which at your entering ye shall find a colt tied, whereon yet never man sat: loose him, and bring him hither.

³¹ And if any man ask you, Why do ye loose him? thus shall ye say unto him, Because the Lord hath need of him.

³² And they that were sent went their way, and found even as he had said unto them.

³³ And as they were loosing the colt, the owners thereof said unto them, Why loose ye the colt?

³⁴ And they said, The Lord hath need of him.

³⁵ And they brought him to Jesus: and they cast their garments upon the colt, and they set Jesus thereon.

³⁶ And as he went, they spread their clothes in the way.

³⁷ And when he was come nigh, even now at the descent of the mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works that they had seen;

³⁸ Saying, Blessed be the King that cometh in the name of the Lord: peace in heaven, and glory in the highest.

³⁹ And some of the Pharisees from among the multitude said unto him, Master, rebuke thy disciples.

⁴⁰ And he answered and said unto them, I tell you that, if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out.

⁴¹ And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it,

⁴² Saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace! but now they are hid from thine eyes.

⁴³ For the days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side,

⁴⁴ And shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.

⁴⁵ And he went into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold therein, and them that bought;

⁴⁶ Saying unto them, It is written, My house is the house of prayer: but ye have made it a den of thieves.

⁴⁷ And he taught daily in the temple. But the chief priests and the scribes and the chief of the people sought to destroy him,

⁴⁸ And could not find what they might do: for all the people were very attentive to hear him.

Zaccheus Converted

19 Jesus ^{( A )} entered Jericho and was passing through. ² And ^{[ a ]} there was a man called by the name of Zaccheus; he was a chief tax collector and he was rich. ³ Zaccheus was trying to see who Jesus was, and he was unable due to the crowd, because he was short in stature. ⁴ So he ran on ahead and climbed up a ^{[ b ]} ^{( B )} sycamore tree in order to see Him, because He was about to pass through that way . ⁵ And when Jesus came to the place, He looked up and said to him, “Zaccheus, hurry and come down, for today I must stay at your house.” ⁶ And he hurried and came down, and received Him ^{[ c ]} joyfully. ⁷ When the people saw this , they all began to complain, saying, “He has gone in ^{[ d ]} to be the guest of a man who is a sinner!” ⁸ But Zaccheus stopped and said to ^{( C )} the Lord, “Behold, Lord, half of my possessions I am giving to the poor, and if I have ^{( D )} extorted anything from anyone, I am giving back ^{( E )} four times as much.” ⁹ And Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, because he, too, is ^{( F )} a son of Abraham. ¹⁰ For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost.”

Parable of the Ten Minas

¹¹ Now while they were listening to these things, Jesus went on to tell a parable, because ^{( G )} He was near Jerusalem and they thought that ^{( H )} the kingdom of God was going to appear immediately. ¹² So He said, “ ^{( I )} A nobleman went to a distant country to receive a kingdom for himself, and then to return. ¹³ And he called ten of his own slaves and gave them ten ^{[ e ]} minas, and said to them, ‘Do business with this money ^{[ f ]} until I come back .’ ¹⁴ But his citizens hated him and sent a delegation after him, saying, ‘We do not want this man to reign over us.’ ¹⁵ When he returned after receiving the kingdom, he ordered that these slaves, to whom he had given the money, be summoned to him so that he would learn how much they had made by the business they had done. ¹⁶ The first slave appeared, saying, ‘ ^{[ g ]} Master, your ^{[ h ]} mina has made ten minas more.’ ¹⁷ And he said to him, ‘Well done, good slave; since you have been ^{( J )} faithful in a very little thing, you are to have authority over ten cities.’ ¹⁸ The second one came, saying, ‘Your ^{[ i ]} mina, ^{[ j ]} master, has made five minas.’ ¹⁹ And he said to him also, ‘And you are to be over five cities.’ ²⁰ And then another came, saying, ‘Master, here is your mina, which I kept tucked away in a handkerchief; ²¹ for I was afraid of you, because you are a demanding man; you take up what you did not lay down, and reap what you did not sow.’ ²² He *said to him, ‘ ^{[ k ]} From your own lips I will judge you, you worthless slave. Did you know that I am a demanding man, taking up what I did not lay down, and reaping what I did not sow? ²³ And so why did you not put my money in the bank, and when I came back , I would have collected it with interest?’ ²⁴ And then he said to the other slaves who were present, ‘Take the mina away from him and give it to the one who has the ten minas.’ ²⁵ And they said to him, ‘Master, he already has ten minas.’ ²⁶ ‘ ^{( K )} I tell you that to everyone who has, more shall be given, but from the one who does not have, even what he does have shall be taken away. ²⁷ But as for ^{( L )} these enemies of mine who did not want me to reign over them, bring them here and ^{( M )} slaughter them in my presence.’”

Triumphal Entry

²⁸ After Jesus said these things, He ^{( N )} was going on ahead, ^{( O )} going up to Jerusalem.

²⁹ ^{( P )} When He approached Bethphage and ^{( Q )} Bethany, near the ^{[ l ]} mountain that is called ^{( R )} Olivet, He sent two of the disciples, ³⁰ saying, “Go into the village ^{[ m ]} ahead of you ; there, as you enter, you will find a colt tied, on which no one yet has ever sat; untie it and bring it here . ³¹ And if anyone asks you, ‘Why are you untying it ?’ you shall say this: ‘ ^{[ n ]} The Lord has need of it.’” ³² So those who were sent left and found it just as He had told them. ³³ And as they were untying the colt, its ^{[ o ]} owners said to them, “Why are you untying the colt?” ³⁴ They said, “ ^{[ p ]} The Lord has need of it.” ³⁵ And they brought it to Jesus, ^{( S )} and they threw their cloaks on the colt and put Jesus on it . ³⁶ Now as He was going, they were spreading their cloaks on the road. ³⁷ And as soon as He was approaching, near the descent of ^{( T )} the Mount of Olives, the whole crowd of the disciples began to ^{( U )} praise God ^{[ q ]} joyfully with a loud voice for all the ^{[ r ]} miracles which they had seen, ³⁸ ^{[ s ]} shouting:

“ ^{( V )} Blessed is the ^{( W )} King, the One who comes in the name of the Lord ;
Peace in heaven and ^{( X )} glory in the highest!”

³⁹ ^{( Y )} And yet some of the Pharisees ^{[ t ]} in the crowd said to Him, “Teacher, rebuke Your disciples!” ⁴⁰ Jesus replied, “I tell you, if these stop speaking, ^{( Z )} the stones will cry out!”

⁴¹ When He approached Jerusalem , He saw the city and ^{( AA )} wept over it, ⁴² saying, “If you had known on this day, even you, the conditions for peace! But now they have been hidden from your eyes. ⁴³ For the days will come upon you ^{[ u ]} when your enemies will ^{( AB )} put up a ^{[ v ]} barricade against you, and ^{( AC )} surround you and hem you in on every side, ⁴⁴ and they will level you to the ground, and throw down your children within you, and ^{( AD )} they will not leave in you one stone upon ^{[ w ]} another, because you did not recognize ^{( AE )} the time of your visitation.”

Traders Driven from the Temple

⁴⁵ ^{( AF )} And Jesus entered the temple grounds and began to drive out those who were selling, ⁴⁶ saying to them, “It is written: ‘ ^{( AG )} And My house will be a house of prayer ,’ ^{( AH )} but you have made it a den of robbers .”

⁴⁷ And ^{( AI )} He was teaching daily in the temple; but the chief priests and the scribes and the leading men among the people ^{( AJ )} were trying to put Him to death, ⁴⁸ and yet they could not find ^{[ x ]} anything that they might do, for all the people were hanging on to ^{[ y ]} every word He said.

Footnotes

Luke 19:2 Lit behold, a man
Luke 19:4 I.e., fig-mulberry
Luke 19:6 Lit rejoicing
Luke 19:7 Or to find lodging
Luke 19:13 A mina was equal to about 100 days’ wages for a laborer
Luke 19:13 Lit while I am coming
Luke 19:16 Or Lord
Luke 19:16 See note 1 v 13
Luke 19:18 See note 1 v 13
Luke 19:18 Lit lord
Luke 19:22 Lit Out of your mouth
Luke 19:29 Or hill...Olive Grove ; Mount of Olives
Luke 19:30 Or opposite
Luke 19:31 Or Because the Lord
Luke 19:33 Lit lords
Luke 19:34 Or Because the Lord
Luke 19:37 Lit rejoicing
Luke 19:37 Or works of power
Luke 19:38 Lit saying
Luke 19:39 Lit from
Luke 19:43 Lit and
Luke 19:43 I.e., a dirt wall or mound for siege purposes
Luke 19:44 Lit a stone
Luke 19:48 Lit what they would do
Luke 19:48 Lit Him, listening

Zacchaeus the Tax Collector

19 Jesus entered Jericho ^{( A )} and was passing through. ² A man was there by the name of Zacchaeus; he was a chief tax collector and was wealthy. ³ He wanted to see who Jesus was, but because he was short he could not see over the crowd. ⁴ So he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore-fig ^{( B )} tree to see him, since Jesus was coming that way. ^{( C )}

⁵ When Jesus reached the spot, he looked up and said to him, “Zacchaeus, come down immediately. I must stay at your house today.” ⁶ So he came down at once and welcomed him gladly.

⁷ All the people saw this and began to mutter, “He has gone to be the guest of a sinner.” ^{( D )}

⁸ But Zacchaeus stood up and said to the Lord, ^{( E )} “Look, Lord! Here and now I give half of my possessions to the poor, and if I have cheated anybody out of anything, ^{( F )} I will pay back four times the amount.” ^{( G )}

⁹ Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, because this man, too, is a son of Abraham. ^{( H )} ¹⁰ For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.” ^{( I )}

The Parable of the Ten Minas ^{( J )}

¹¹ While they were listening to this, he went on to tell them a parable, because he was near Jerusalem and the people thought that the kingdom of God ^{( K )} was going to appear at once. ^{( L )} ¹² He said: “A man of noble birth went to a distant country to have himself appointed king and then to return. ¹³ So he called ten of his servants ^{( M )} and gave them ten minas. ^{[ a ]} ‘Put this money to work,’ he said, ‘until I come back.’

¹⁴ “But his subjects hated him and sent a delegation after him to say, ‘We don’t want this man to be our king.’

¹⁵ “He was made king, however, and returned home. Then he sent for the servants to whom he had given the money, in order to find out what they had gained with it.

¹⁶ “The first one came and said, ‘Sir, your mina has earned ten more.’

¹⁷ “‘Well done, my good servant!’ ^{( N )} his master replied. ‘Because you have been trustworthy in a very small matter, take charge of ten cities.’ ^{( O )}

¹⁸ “The second came and said, ‘Sir, your mina has earned five more.’

¹⁹ “His master answered, ‘You take charge of five cities.’

²⁰ “Then another servant came and said, ‘Sir, here is your mina; I have kept it laid away in a piece of cloth. ²¹ I was afraid of you, because you are a hard man. You take out what you did not put in and reap what you did not sow.’ ^{( P )}

²² “His master replied, ‘I will judge you by your own words, ^{( Q )} you wicked servant! You knew, did you, that I am a hard man, taking out what I did not put in, and reaping what I did not sow? ^{( R )} ²³ Why then didn’t you put my money on deposit, so that when I came back, I could have collected it with interest?’

²⁴ “Then he said to those standing by, ‘Take his mina away from him and give it to the one who has ten minas.’

²⁵ “‘Sir,’ they said, ‘he already has ten!’

²⁶ “He replied, ‘I tell you that to everyone who has, more will be given, but as for the one who has nothing, even what they have will be taken away. ^{( S )} ²⁷ But those enemies of mine who did not want me to be king over them—bring them here and kill them in front of me.’”

Jesus Comes to Jerusalem as King ^{( T )} ^{( U )}

²⁸ After Jesus had said this, he went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem. ^{( V )} ²⁹ As he approached Bethphage and Bethany ^{( W )} at the hill called the Mount of Olives, ^{( X )} he sent two of his disciples, saying to them, ³⁰ “Go to the village ahead of you, and as you enter it, you will find a colt tied there, which no one has ever ridden. Untie it and bring it here. ³¹ If anyone asks you, ‘Why are you untying it?’ say, ‘The Lord needs it.’”

³² Those who were sent ahead went and found it just as he had told them. ^{( Y )} ³³ As they were untying the colt, its owners asked them, “Why are you untying the colt?”

³⁴ They replied, “The Lord needs it.”

³⁵ They brought it to Jesus, threw their cloaks on the colt and put Jesus on it. ³⁶ As he went along, people spread their cloaks ^{( Z )} on the road.

³⁷ When he came near the place where the road goes down the Mount of Olives, ^{( AA )} the whole crowd of disciples began joyfully to praise God in loud voices for all the miracles they had seen:

³⁸ “Blessed is the king who comes in the name of the Lord!” ^{[ b ]} ^{( AB )}

“Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!” ^{( AC )}

³⁹ Some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to Jesus, “Teacher, rebuke your disciples!” ^{( AD )}

⁴⁰ “I tell you,” he replied, “if they keep quiet, the stones will cry out.” ^{( AE )}

⁴¹ As he approached Jerusalem and saw the city, he wept over it ^{( AF )} ⁴² and said, “If you, even you, had only known on this day what would bring you peace—but now it is hidden from your eyes. ⁴³ The days will come upon you when your enemies will build an embankment against you and encircle you and hem you in on every side. ^{( AG )} ⁴⁴ They will dash you to the ground, you and the children within your walls. ^{( AH )} They will not leave one stone on another, ^{( AI )} because you did not recognize the time of God’s coming ^{( AJ )} to you.”

Jesus at the Temple ^{( AK )}

⁴⁵ When Jesus entered the temple courts, he began to drive out those who were selling. ⁴⁶ “It is written,” he said to them, “‘My house will be a house of prayer’ ^{[ c ]} ; ^{( AL )} but you have made it ‘a den of robbers.’ ^{[ d ]} ” ^{( AM )}

⁴⁷ Every day he was teaching at the temple. ^{( AN )} But the chief priests, the teachers of the law and the leaders among the people were trying to kill him. ^{( AO )} ⁴⁸ Yet they could not find any way to do it, because all the people hung on his words.

Footnotes

Luke 19:13 A mina was about three months’ wages.
Luke 19:38 Psalm 118:26
Luke 19:46 Isaiah 56:7
Luke 19:46 Jer. 7:11

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Zacchaeus meets Jesus

Jesus tells a story about 10 servants

Jesus goes into Jerusalem

Jesus teaches in the temple

Footnotes

Zacchaeus

Use What God Gives You ^{( A )}

Jesus Enters Jerusalem Like a King ^{( B )}

Jesus Cries for Jerusalem

Jesus Goes to the Temple ^{( D )}

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Zaccheus Converted

Parable of the Ten Minas

Triumphal Entry

Traders Driven from the Temple

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Zacchaeus the Tax Collector

The Parable of the Ten Minas ^{( J )}

Jesus Comes to Jerusalem as King ^{( T )} ^{( U )}

Jesus at the Temple ^{( AK )}

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Jesus Cries for Jerusalem

Jesus Goes to the Temple ( D )

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Zaccheus Converted

Parable of the Ten Minas

Triumphal Entry

Traders Driven from the Temple

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Jesus Goes to the Temple ^{( D )}

The Parable of the Ten Minas ^{( J )}

Jesus Comes to Jerusalem as King ^{( T )} ^{( U )}

Jesus at the Temple ^{( AK )}