Luke 19:1-35 ▼

1 He entered and was passing through Jericho.

2 And look, there was a man named Zacchaeus. He was a chief tax collector, and he was rich.

3 He was trying to see who Jesus was, and could not because of the crowd, because he was short.

4 He ran on ahead, and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see him, for he was to pass that way.

5 And as he came to the place, looking up, Jesus saw him, and said to him, |Zacchaeus, hurry and come down, for today I must stay at your house.|

6 He hurried, came down, and received him joyfully.

7 And when they saw it, they all murmured, saying, |He has gone in to lodge with a man who is a sinner.|

8 And Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, |Look, Lord, half of my goods I give to the poor. If I have wrongfully exacted anything of anyone, I restore four times as much.|

9 Jesus said to him, |Today, 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 was lost.|

11 As they heard these things, he went on and told a parable, because he was near Jerusalem, and they supposed that the Kingdom of God would be revealed immediately.

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

13 He called ten servants of his, and gave them ten mina coins, and told them, 'Conduct business until I come.'

14 But his citizens hated him, and sent an envoy after him, saying, 'We do not want this man to reign over us.'

15 |It happened when he had come back again, having received the kingdom, that he commanded these servants, to whom he had given the money, to be called to him, that he might know what they had gained by conducting business.

16 The first came before him, saying, 'Lord, your mina has made ten more minas.'

17 |And he said to him, 'Well done, good servant. Because you were faithful with very little, you will have authority over ten cities.'

18 |The second came, saying, 'Your mina, Lord, has made five minas.'

19 |So he said to him, 'And you are to be over five cities.'

20 Another came, saying, 'Lord, look, your mina, which I kept laid away in a handkerchief,

21 for I feared you, because you are an exacting man. You take up that which you did not lay down, and reap that which you did not sow.'

22 |He said to him, 'Out of your own mouth will I judge you, you wicked servant. You knew that I am an exacting man, taking up that which I did not lay down, and reaping that which I did not sow.

23 Then why did you not deposit my money in the bank, and at my coming, I might have earned interest on it?'

24 He said to those who stood by, 'Take the mina away from him, and give it to him who has the ten minas.'

25 |They said to him, 'Lord, he has ten minas.'

26 'For I tell you that to everyone who has, will more be given; but from him who does not have, even that which he has will be taken away.

27 But bring those enemies of mine who did not want me to reign over them here, and kill them before me.'|

28 Having said these things, he went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem.

29 It happened, when he drew near to Bethphage and Bethany, at the mountain that is called Olivet, he sent two of the disciples,

30 saying, |Go your way into the village on the other side, in which, as you enter, you will find a colt tied, whereon no one ever yet sat. Untie it, and bring it.

31 If anyone asks you, 'Why are you untying it?' say to him: 'Because the Lord needs it.'|

32 Those who were sent went away, and found things just as he had told them.

33 As they were untying the colt, its owners said to them, |Why are you untying the colt?|

34 They said, |Because the Lord needs it.|

35 They brought it to Jesus. They threw their cloaks on the colt, and set Jesus on them.