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| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1Jesus entered Jericho and was passing through. |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2A man was there by the name of Zacchaeus; he was a chief tax collector and was wealthy. |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3He wanted to see who Jesus was, but because he was short he could not see over the crowd. |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4So he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore-fig tree to see him, since Jesus was coming that way. |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5When Jesus reached the spot, he looked up and said to him, "Zacchaeus, come down immediately. I must stay at your house today." |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6So he came down at once and welcomed him gladly. |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7All the people saw this and began to mutter, "He has gone to be the guest of a sinner." |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8But Zacchaeus stood up and said to the Lord, "Look, Lord! Here and now I give half of my possessions to the poor, and if I have cheated anybody out of anything, I will pay back four times the amount." |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9Jesus said to him, "Today salvation has come to this house, because this man, too, is a son of Abraham. |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost." |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11While 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 was going to appear at once. |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12He said: "A man of noble birth went to a distant country to have himself appointed king and then to return. |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13So he called ten of his servants and gave them ten minas. 'Put this money to work,' he said, 'until I come back.' |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 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[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 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[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16"The first one came and said, 'Sir, your mina has earned ten more.' |
| 17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17"'Well done, my good servant!' his master replied. 'Because you have been trustworthy in a very small matter, take charge of ten cities.' |
| 18[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 18"The second came and said, 'Sir, your mina has earned five more.' |
| 19[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 19"His master answered, 'You take charge of five cities.' |
| 20[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 20"Then another servant came and said, 'Sir, here is your mina; I have kept it laid away in a piece of cloth. |
| 21[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 21I 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.' |
| 22[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 22"His master replied, 'I will judge you by your own words, 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? |
| 23[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 23Why then didn't you put my money on deposit, so that when I came back, I could have collected it with interest?' |
| 24[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 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[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 25"'Sir,' they said, 'he already has ten!' |
| 26[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 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. |
| 27[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 27But those enemies of mine who did not want me to be king over them--bring them here and kill them in front of me.'" |
| 28[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 28After Jesus had said this, he went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem. |
| 29[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 29As he approached Bethphage and Bethany at the hill called the Mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples, saying to them, |
| 30[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 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[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 31If anyone asks you, 'Why are you untying it?' say, 'The Lord needs it.'" |
| 32[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 32Those who were sent ahead went and found it just as he had told them. |
| 33[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 33As they were untying the colt, its owners asked them, "Why are you untying the colt?" |
| 34[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 34They replied, "The Lord needs it." |
| 35[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 35They brought it to Jesus, threw their cloaks on the colt and put Jesus on it. |
| 36[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 36As he went along, people spread their cloaks on the road. |
| 37[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 37When he came near the place where the road goes down the Mount of Olives, the whole crowd of disciples began joyfully to praise God in loud voices for all the miracles they had seen: |
| 38[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 38"Blessed is the king who comes in the name of the Lord!" "Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!" |
| 39[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 39Some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to Jesus, "Teacher, rebuke your disciples!" |
| 40[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 40"I tell you," he replied, "if they keep quiet, the stones will cry out." |
| 41[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 41As he approached Jerusalem and saw the city, he wept over it |
| 42[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 42and 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[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 43The days will come upon you when your enemies will build an embankment against you and encircle you and hem you in on every side. |
| 44[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 44They will dash you to the ground, you and the children within your walls. They will not leave one stone on another, because you did not recognize the time of God's coming to you." |
| 45[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 45When Jesus entered the temple courts, he began to drive out those who were selling. |
| 46[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 46"It is written," he said to them, "'My house will be a house of prayer'; but you have made it 'a den of robbers.'" |
| 47[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 47Every day he was teaching at the temple. But the chief priests, the teachers of the law and the leaders among the people were trying to kill him. |
| 48[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 48Yet they could not find any way to do it, because all the people hung on his words. |
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