Luke 19

1And he entered and was passing through Jericho.

2And behold, a man named Zacchaeus; he was a chief tax collector and was rich.

3And he was trying to see who Jesus was, but he could not because of the crowd, because he was small in stature.

4So he ran on ahead and climbed up into a sycamore tree so that he might see him, because he was about to pass that way.

5And when Jesus came to the place, he looked up and said to him, “Zacchaeus, hurry and come down, because today I must stay at your house.”

6And he hurried down and welcomed him joyfully.

7And when they all saw it, they began to grumble, saying, “He has gone in to stay with a sinful man.”

8But Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, “Look, Lord, I give half of my possessions to the poor, and if I have extorted anything from anyone, I repay it fourfold.”

9And Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, because he too is a son of Abraham.”

10For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.

11As they were hearing these things, he went on and told a parable, because he was near Jerusalem and because they supposed that the kingdom of God was about to appear immediately.

12So he said, “A certain nobleman went to a distant country to receive a kingdom for himself and return.”

13After calling ten of his own servants, he gave them ten minas and said to them, “Do business until I come.”

14But his citizens hated him, and sent a delegation after him, saying, ‘We do not want this man to reign over us.’

15And it happened, when he returned after receiving the kingdom, that he ordered these servants to whom he had given the money to be called to him, so that he might know what they had gained by trading.

16Then the first came, saying, ‘Lord, your mina has earned ten minas.’

17And he said to him, “Well done, good servant; because you were faithful in a very small matter, have authority over ten cities.”

18And the second came, saying, ‘Your mina, Lord, has made five minas.’

19And he said to this one also, ‘And you, be over five cities.’

20And the other came, saying, ‘Lord, look, here is your mina, which I kept laid away in a cloth.’

21for I was afraid of you, because you are a severe man: you take what you did not put down, and you reap what you did not sow.

22He said to him, ‘Out of your own mouth I will judge you, wicked servant. You knew that I am a harsh man, taking up what I did not lay down and reaping what I did not sow?’

23And why did you not put my money in the bank? Then when I came, I would have collected it with interest.

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

25And they said to him, ‘Lord, he has ten minas—’

26I tell you that to everyone who has, more will be given; but from the one who does not have, even what he has will be taken away.

27But as for these enemies of mine, who did not want me to reign over them, bring them here and slaughter them in front of me.

28And after saying these things, he went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem.

29And it happened that, as he came near to Bethphage and Bethany, toward the mount called Olives, he sent two of the disciples

30saying, “Go into the village opposite you, in which, as you enter, you will find a colt tied up, on which no one among men has ever sat. Untie it and bring it.”

31And if anyone asks you, ‘Why are you untying it?’ you shall say this: ‘The Lord has need of it.’

32So those who were sent went away and found it just as he had told them.

33And as they were untying the colt, its owners said to them, “Why are you untying the colt?”

34And they said, “The Lord has need of it.”

35And they brought it to Jesus, and after throwing their cloaks on the colt, they put Jesus on it.

36And as he went, they were spreading their cloaks on the road.

37And as he was already drawing near, at the descent of the Mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began rejoicing and praising God with a loud voice for all the mighty works that they had seen,

38saying, “Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord! Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!”

39And some of the Pharisees from the crowd said to him, “Teacher, rebuke your disciples.”

40And answering, he said, “I tell you, if these become silent, the stones will cry out.”

41And as he drew near, seeing the city, he wept over it,

42saying, “If you had known on this day, even you, the things that make for peace—but now they have been hidden from your eyes.”

43For days will come upon you when your enemies will build an embankment against you and surround you and hem you in on every side,

44and they will level you to the ground, and your children within you, and they will not leave one stone upon another within you, because you did not recognize the time of your visitation.

45And entering the temple, he began to drive out those who were selling,

46saying to them, “It is written, ‘And my house shall be a house of prayer,’ but you have made it a den of robbers.”

47And he was teaching day by day in the temple. But the chief priests and the scribes, and the leading men of the people, were seeking to destroy him,

48And they could not find what they might do, because all the people were hanging on his words as they listened.