Luke 19:1-26 ▼

1 And having entered, He was passing through Jericho.

2 And behold, a man called by the name Zacchaeus, and he was a chief tax collector, and he was rich.

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

4 And having run ahead to the front, he went up on a sycamore-fig tree so that he might see Him, for He was about to pass through that way.

5 And as He came upon the place, having looked up, Jesus said to him, “Zacchaeus, having hurried, come down, for it is necessary for Me to stay in your house today.”

6 And having hurried, he came down and received Him, rejoicing.

7 And having seen it, they were all grumbling, saying, “He entered to lodge with a sinful man.”

8 But having stood, Zacchaeus said to the Lord, “Behold, half of my possessions, Lord, I give to the poor; and if I defrauded anything of anyone, I repay it fourfold.”

9 And Jesus said to him, “Today salvation came to this house, because he also is a son of Abraham.

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

11 Now in their hearing these things, having proceeded, He spoke a parable because of His being near Jerusalem and their thinking that the kingdom of God is about to appear immediately.

12 Therefore He said, “A certain man of noble birth went to a far country to receive for himself a kingdom and to return.

13 And having called ten of his servants, he gave to them ten minas and said to them, ‘Do business until I come.’

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

15 And it came to pass on his returning, having received the kingdom, that he directed these servants to whom he had given the money to be called to him, so that he might know what each had gained by doing business.

16 And the first came up, saying, ‘Lord, your mina produced ten minas.’

17 And he said to him, ‘Well done, good servant! Because you were faithful in very little, be having authority over ten cities.’

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

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

20 And the other came, saying, ‘Master, behold your mina, which I had lying away in a soudario.

21 For I was afraid of you, because you are a harsh man. You take up what you did not lay down, and you reap what you did not sow.’

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

23 And why did you not give my money to the bank, and I, having come, might have collected it with interest?’

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

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

26 I say to you? that to everyone having, it will be given; but from the one not having, even that which he has will be taken away.