Luke 19:1-26 ▼

1 And having entered, He was passing through Jericho,

2 and behold, a man, by name called Zaccheus, and he was a chief tax collector, and he was rich,

3 and he was seeking to see Jesus, who He is, and was not able for the multitude, because he was small in stature,

4 and having run forward before, he went up on a sycamore, that he may see Him, because through that [way] He was about to pass by.

5 And as Jesus came up to the place, having looked up, He saw him and said to him, “Zaccheus, having hurried, come down, for it is necessary for Me to remain in your house today”;

6 and he having hurried came down, and received Him rejoicing;

7 and having seen [it], they were all murmuring, saying, “He went in to lodge with a sinful man!”

8 And Zaccheus having stood, said to the LORD, “Behold, half of my goods, Lord, I give to the poor, and if I took by false accusation anything of anyone, I give back fourfold.”

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

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

11 And while they are hearing these things, having added He spoke an allegory, because of His being near to Jerusalem, and of their thinking that the Kingdom of God is immediately about to appear.

12 He therefore said, “A certain man of birth went on to a far country, to take to himself a kingdom, and to return,

13 and having called ten servants of his own, he gave ten minas to them and said to them, Do business—until I come;

14 and his citizens were hating him, and sent a delegation after him, saying, We do not wish this one to reign over us.

15 And it came to pass, on his coming back, having taken the kingdom, that he commanded these servants to be called to him, to whom he gave the money, that he might know what anyone had done in business.

16 And the first came near, saying, Lord, your mina gained ten minas;

17 and he said to him, Well done, good servant, because you became faithful in a very little, be having authority over ten cities.

18 And the second came, saying, Lord, your mina made five minas;

19 and he also said to this one, And you, become [ruler] over five cities.

20 And another came, saying, Lord, behold, your mina, that I had lying away in a napkin;

21 for I was afraid of you, because you are an austere man; you take up what you did not lay down, and reap what you did not sow.

22 And he says to him, Out of your mouth I will judge you, evil servant: you knew that I am an austere 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 received it with interest?

24 And to those standing by he said, Take the mina from him, and give to him having the ten minas—

25 (and they said to him, Lord, he has ten minas)—

26 for I say to you that to everyone having will be given, and from him not having, also what he has will be taken from him,