Luke 19

1 And he went in and was passing through Jericho. 2 And look, 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 who Jesus was, and he could not because of the crowd, because he was small in stature. 4 And running on ahead he climbed up a sycamore fig tree so that he might see him, because he was about to pass that way.

5 And when he came to the place, Jesus looked up and said to him, “Zacchaeus, hurry and come down, for today I must stay at your house.” 6 And he hurried and came down, and welcomed him, rejoicing. 7 And when they all saw it they were grumbling, saying, “He has gone in to stay with a sinful man.”

8 But Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, “Look, half of my possessions, Lord, I give to the poor; and if I have taken anything from anyone by a false charge, I pay back four times over.” [a] 9 And Jesus said to him, “Today rescue has come to this house, since he too is a son of Abraham. [b] 10 For the Son of Man came to seek and to save what was lost.”

11 And as they were hearing these things, he went on and told a parable, because he was near Jerusalem and they thought the kingdom of God was about to appear at once. 12 So he said, “A certain man of noble birth went into a distant country to receive a kingdom for himself and to return. 13 And calling ten of his own slaves he gave them ten minas and said to them, ‘Do business while I am on my way.’ [c] 14 But his citizens hated him, and they sent a delegation after him, saying, ‘We do not want this man to reign over us.’

15 And it happened, when he came back having received the kingdom, that he said that these slaves to whom he had given the silver should be called to him, so that he might know what they had gained by trading. 16 And the first came, saying, ‘Master, your mina has made ten minas more.’ 17 And he said to him, ‘Well done, good slave! Because you were faithful in the least, have authority over ten cities.’ 18 And the second came, saying, ‘Your mina, master, has made five minas.’ 19 And he said to this one also, ‘And you, be over five cities.’

20 And the other came, saying, ‘Master, look — your mina, which I kept laid away in a cloth. [d] 21 For I was afraid of you, because you are a severe 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 own mouth I judge you, evil slave. You knew that I am a severe man, taking up what I did not lay down and reaping what I did not sow? 23 Then why did you not put my silver on the money table? And when I came I would have collected it with interest.’ [e]

24 And he said to those standing by, ‘Take the mina from him and give it to the one who has the ten minas’ — 25 and they said to him, ‘Master, he has ten minas’ — 26 ‘I tell you that to everyone who has, more will be given; but from the one who does not have, even what he has will be taken away. 27 But as for these enemies of mine who did not want me to reign over them, bring them here and slaughter them in front of me.’”

28 And when he had said these things he went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem. 29 And it happened, as he came near to Bethphage and Bethany, to the mountain called the Mount of Olives, that he sent two of the disciples, 30 saying, “Go into the village opposite, in which as you enter you will find a colt tied, on which no one of men has ever sat; and untie it and bring it. † 31 And if anyone asks you, ‘Why are you untying it?’ you will say this: ‘The Lord has need of it.’”

32 And those who were sent went off and found it just as he had told them. 33 And as they were untying the colt, its owners said to them, “Why are you untying the colt?” 34 And they said, “The Lord has need of it.” 35 And they brought it to Jesus, and throwing their garments on the colt they set Jesus on it. 36 And as he went along, they were spreading their own garments on the road.

37 And as he was already drawing near, at the descent of the Mount of Olives, the whole crowd of the disciples began, rejoicing, to praise God with a loud voice for all the acts of power they had seen, 38 saying, [f]

39 And some of the Pharisees from the crowd said to him, “Teacher, rebuke your disciples.” 40 And he answered and said, “I tell you, if these are silent, the stones will cry out.”

41 And as he drew near, seeing the city he wept over it, 42 saying, “If you had known on this day, even you, the things that make for peace — but now they have been hidden from your eyes. [g] 43 For days will come upon you when your enemies will throw up a siege wall against you and surround you and hem you in on every side, 44 and they will dash you to the ground, you and your children within you, and they will not leave a stone upon a stone in you, because you did not know the time of your visitation.” [h]

45 And he went into the temple and began to throw out those who were selling, 46 saying to them, “It is written: ‘And my house will be a house of prayer’ — but you have made it a den of robbers.” [i]

47 And he was teaching daily in the temple; but the chief priests and the scribes were seeking to destroy him, and the leading men of the people too, 48 and they were not finding what they might do, for all the people were hanging on him, listening.