Luke 19

Jesus Visits Zacchaeus

19He entered Jericho and was passing through. ²There was a man named Zacchaeus who was a chief tax collector, and he was rich. ³He was trying to see who Jesus was, but he was not able because of the crowd, since he was a short man. ⁴So running ahead, he climbed up a sycamore tree to see Jesus, since He was about to pass that way. ⁵When Jesus came to the place, He looked up and said to him, “Zacchaeus, hurry and come down because today I must stay at your house.”

⁶So he quickly came down and welcomed Him joyfully. ⁷All who saw it began to complain, ^t“He’s gone to lodge with a sinful man!”

⁸But Zacchaeus stood there and said to the Lord, “Look, I’ll give ^uhalf of my possessions to the poor, ^vLord! And if I have extorted ^wanything from anyone, I’ll pay ^xback four times as much!” ^y

⁹“Today salvation ^zhas come to this house,” Jesus told him, “because he too is a son of Abraham. ^a10For the ^•Son of Man has come to seek and to save the lost.” ^bc

The Parable of the 10 Minas

¹¹As ^dthey were listening to this, He went on to tell a parable because He was near Jerusalem, ^eand they thought the kingdom of God was going to appear right away. ^f

¹²Therefore He said: “A nobleman traveled to a far country to receive for himself authority to be king ^gand then return. ¹³He called 10 of his ^•slaves, gave them 10 minas, ^hand told them, ‘Engage in business until I come back.’

¹⁴“But his subjects hated him and sent a delegation after him, saying, ‘We don’t want this man to rule over us!’

¹⁵“At his return, having received the authority to be king, ⁱhe summoned those slaves he had given the money to, so he could find out how much they had made in business. ¹⁶The first came forward and said, ‘Master, your mina has earned 10 more minas.’

¹⁷“ ‘Well done, good ^jslave!’ he told him. ‘Because you have been faithful ^kin a very small matter, have authority over 10 towns.’

¹⁸“The second came and said, ‘Master, your mina has made five minas.’

¹⁹“So he said to him, ‘You will be over five towns.’

²⁰“And another came and said, ‘Master, here is your mina. I have kept it hidden away in a cloth ²¹because I was afraid of you, for you’re a tough man: you collect what you didn’t deposit and reap what you didn’t sow.’ ^l

²²“He told him, ‘I will judge you by what you have said, ^myou evil slave! If you knew I was a tough man, collecting what I didn’t deposit and reaping what I didn’t sow, ²³why didn’t you put my money in the bank? And when I returned, I would have collected it with interest!’ ²⁴So he said to those standing there, ‘Take the mina away from him and give it to the one who has 10 minas.’

²⁵“But they said to him, ‘Master, he has 10 minas.’

²⁶“ ‘I tell you, that to everyone who has, more will be given; and from the one who does not have, even what he does have will be taken away. ⁿ²⁷But bring here these enemies of mine, ^owho did not want me to rule over them, and slaughter ^pthem in my presence.’ ”

The Triumphal Entry

²⁸When ^qHe had said these things, He went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem. ^r29As He approached Bethphage and Bethany, at the place called the Mount of Olives, ^sHe sent two of the disciples ³⁰and said, “Go into the village ahead of you. As you enter it, you will find a young donkey tied there, on which no one has ever sat. Untie it and bring it here. ³¹If anyone asks you, ‘Why are you untying it?’ say this: ‘The Lord needs it.’ ”

³²So those who were sent left and found it just as He had told them. ^t33As they were untying the young donkey, its owners said to them, “Why are you untying the donkey?”

³⁴“The Lord needs it,” they said. ³⁵Then ^uthey brought it to Jesus, and after throwing their robes on the donkey, they helped Jesus get on it. ^v36As He was going along, they were spreading their robes on the road. ^w37Now He came near the path down the Mount of Olives, and the whole crowd of the disciples began to praise God joyfully with a loud voice for all the miracles they had seen:

³⁸The King ^xwho comes

in the name of the Lord ^yza

is the blessed One.

Peace in heaven

and glory ^bin the highest heaven! ^c

³⁹Some of the Pharisees from the crowd told Him, “Teacher, rebuke Your disciples.”

⁴⁰He answered, “I tell you, if they were to keep silent, the stones would cry out!” ^d

Jesus’ Love for Jerusalem

⁴¹As He approached and saw the city, He wept ^eover it, ⁴²saying, “If you knew ^fthis day what would bring peace—but now it is hidden ^gfrom your eyes. ⁴³For the days will come on you ^hwhen your enemies will build an embankment against you, surround you, and hem you in on every side. ⁱ⁴⁴They will crush you and your children within you to the ground, ^jand they will not leave one stone on another ^kin you, because you did not recognize the time of your visitation.” ^l

Cleansing the Temple Complex

⁴⁵He ^mwent into the temple complex and began to throw out those who were selling, ⁿ⁴⁶and He said, “It is written, My house will be a house of prayer, ^obut you have made it a den of thieves!” ^pq

⁴⁷Every day He was teaching ^rin the temple complex. The chief priests, the scribes, and the leaders of the people were looking for a way to destroy ^sHim, ⁴⁸but they could not find a way to do it, because all the people ^twere captivated by what they heard. ^u