Luke 19:1-22 ▼

1 And having come in He passed through Jericho.

2 And behold, a certain man by name called Zaccheus; and he was chief of the publicans, and he was rich.

3 And he was seeking to see Jesus, who He is; and was not able on account of the multitude, because he was small in stature.

4 And having run forward in advance, he went up in a sycamore-tree in order that he might see Him: because He was about to pass that way.

5 And when He came to the place, Jesus looking up, saw him, and said to him, Zaccheus, hastening, come down; for it behooveth me to abide in thy house this day.

6 And hastening, he came down, and received Him rejoicing.

7 And all seeing, murmured, saying, that He is come in to abide with a sinner man.

8 And Zaccheus standing, said to the Lord, Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have taken any thing from any one fraudulently, I restore fourfold.

9 And Jesus said to him, This day 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 is lost.

11 And they hearing these things, proceeding, He spoke a parable, because he is nigh unto Jerusalem, and they think the kingdom of God is about to be made manifest immediately.

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

13 And calling his ten servants, he gave to them ten pounds, and said to them, Operate till I come.

14 But his citizens continued to hate him, and sent an embassy after him, saying, We do not wish this man to rule over us.

15 And it came to pass, when he returned, having received the kingdom, and he said, that those servants should be called, to whom he had given the money, in order that he might know what each one had gained by their merchandise.

16 And the first came, saying, Lord, thy pound has gained ten pounds.

17 And he said to him, Well done, thou good servant: because thou hast been faithful in the least, have thou authority over ten cities.

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

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

20 And the other one came, saying, Lord, behold, thy pound, which I had laid away in a napkin:

21 for I feared thee, because thou art an austere man: thou takest up that which thou hadst not laid down, and thou reapest that which thou hast not sown.

22 And he says to him, Out of thine own mouth I will judge thee, thou wicked servant. Didst thou know that I am an austere man, taking up what I have not laid down, and reaping what I have not sown?