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1 He
entered and was
passing through
Jericho.
2 There
was a man
named Zacchaeus.
He was a
chief tax collector, and
he was rich.
3 He
was trying to
see who Jesus
was, and couldn’t
because of the
crowd, because he
was short.
4 He
ran on ahead
and climbed up
into a sycamore
tree to see
him, for he
was going to
pass that way.
5 When
Jesus came to
the place, he
looked up and
saw him, and
said to him,
“Zacchaeus, hurry
and come down,
for today I
must stay at
your house.”
6 He
hurried, came down,
and received him
joyfully.
7 When
they saw it,
they all murmured,
saying, “He has
gone in to
lodge with a
man who is
a sinner.”
8 Zacchaeus
stood and said
to the Lord, “Behold, Lord, half of
my goods I give
to the poor.
If I
have wrongfully exacted anything
of anyone,
I restore four
times as much.”
9 Jesus
said to him,
“Today, salvation
has come to
this house,
because he also
is a son
of Abraham.
10 For the Son
of Man came
to seek and
to save that
which was lost.”
11 As
they heard these
things, he went
on and told
a parable, because
he was near
Jerusalem, and
they supposed that
God’s Kingdom would
be revealed immediately.
12 He
said therefore,
“A certain
nobleman went
into a far
country to
receive for
himself a kingdom
and to return.
13 He called ten
servants of his
and gave them
ten mina coins,
and told them,
‘Conduct business until
I come.’
14 But his
citizens hated
him, and sent
an envoy after
him, saying, ‘We
don’t want this
man to reign
over us.’
15 “When he had
come back again,
having received
the kingdom, he
commanded these
servants, to
whom he had
given the money,
to be called
to him, that
he might know
what they
had gained by conducting
business.
16 The first came
before him,
saying, ‘Lord,
your mina has
made ten more
minas.’
17 “He said to
him, ‘Well done,
you good servant!
Because you were
found faithful
with very little,
you shall have
authority over
ten cities.’
18 “The second
came, saying, ‘Your
mina, Lord, has
made five minas.’
19 “So he said
to him, ‘And
you are to
be over five
cities.’
20 Another came,
saying, ‘Lord,
behold, your
mina, which I
kept laid away
in a
handkerchief,
21 for I feared
you, because you
are an exacting
man. You take
up that which
you didn’t lay
down, and reap
that which
you didn’t sow.’
22 “He said to
him, ‘Out of
your own mouth I
will judge you,
you wicked
servant! You
knew that I
am an exacting
man, taking up
that which
I didn’t lay
down and reaping
that which
I didn’t sow.
23 Then why didn’t
you deposit my money
in the bank,
and at my
coming, I might
have earned interest
on it?’
24 He said to
those who stood
by, ‘Take the
mina away from
him and give
it to him
who has the
ten minas.’
25 “They said to
him, ‘Lord, he
has ten minas!’
26 ‘For I tell
you that to
everyone who has,
will more be
given; but from
him who doesn’t
have, even that
which he has
will be taken away
from him.
27 But bring those
enemies of mine
who didn’t want
me to reign
over them here,
and kill them
before me.’ ”
28 Having
said these things,
he went on
ahead, going up
to Jerusalem.
29 When
he came near
to Bethsphage
and Bethany, at
the mountain that
is called Olivet,
he sent two
of his disciples,
30 saying,
“Go your way
into the village
on the
other side, in
which, as you
enter, you will
find a colt
tied, which no
man has ever
sat upon. Untie
it and bring
it.
31 If anyone asks
you, ‘Why are
you untying it?’
say to him: ‘The
Lord needs
it.’ ”
32 Those
who were sent
went away and
found things just
as he had
told them.
33 As
they were untying
the colt, its
owners said to
them, “Why are
you untying the
colt?”
34 They
said, “The Lord
needs it.”
35 Then
they brought it
to Jesus. They
threw their cloaks
on the colt
and sat Jesus
on them.
36 As
he went, they
spread their
cloaks on the
road.
37 As
he was now getting
near, 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 which they
had seen,
38 saying, “Blessed
is the King
who comes in
the name of
the Lord!
Peace in heaven,
and glory in
the highest!”
39 Some
of the Pharisees
from the multitude
said to him, “Teacher, rebuke your
disciples!”
40 He
answered them,
“I tell you
that if these
were silent, the
stones would cry
out.”
41 When
he came near,
he saw the
city and wept
over it,
42 saying,
“If you, even
you, had known
today the things
which belong to
your peace! But
now, they are
hidden from your
eyes.
43 For the days
will come on
you when your
enemies will
throw up a
barricade against
you, surround
you, hem you
in on every
side,
44 and will dash
you and your
children within
you to the
ground. They
will not leave
in you one
stone on another,
because you didn’t
know the time
of your
visitation.”
45 He
entered into the
temple and began
to drive out
those who bought
and sold in
it,
46 saying
to them,
“It is written,
‘My house is
a house of
prayer,’
but you have
made it a ‘den
of robbers’!”
47 He
was teaching daily
in the temple,
but the
chief priests, the
scribes, and the
leading men among
the people sought
to destroy him.
48 They couldn’t
find what they
might do, for
all the people hung
on to every
word that he
said.