1Then Jesus entered and passed through Jericho.

2Now behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus who was a chief tax collector, and he was rich.

3And he sought to see who Jesus was, but could not because of the crowd, for he was of short stature.

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

5And when Jesus came to the place, He looked up 19:5 NU omits and saw himand saw him, and said to him, “Zacchaeus, 19:5 hurrymake haste and come down, for today I must stay at your house.”

6So he 19:6 hurriedmade haste and came down, and received Him joyfully.

7But when they saw it, they all 19:7 grumbledcomplained, saying, “He has gone to be a guest with a man who is a sinner.”

8Then Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, “Look, Lord, I give half of my goods to the poor; and if I have taken anything from anyone by false accusation, I restore fourfold.”

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

11Now as they heard these things, He spoke another parable, because He was near Jerusalem and because they thought the kingdom of God would appear immediately.

12Therefore He said: “A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom and to return.

13So he called ten of his servants, delivered to them ten 19:13 Gr. mna, same as Heb. minah, each worth about three months’ salaryminas, and said to them, ‘Do business till I come.’

15“And so it was that when he returned, having received the kingdom, he then commanded these servants, to whom he had given the money, to be called to him, that he might know how much every man had gained by trading.

16Then came the first, saying, ‘Master, your mina has earned ten minas.’

17And he said to him, ‘Well done, good servant; because you were faithful in a very little, have authority over ten cities.’

18And the second came, saying, ‘Master, your mina has earned five minas.’

20“Then another came, saying, ‘Master, here is your mina, which I have kept put away in a handkerchief.

21For I feared you, because you are 19:21 a severean austere man. You collect what you did not deposit, and reap what you did not sow.’

22And he said to him, ‘Out of your own mouth I will judge you, you wicked servant. You knew that I was an austere man, collecting what I did not deposit and reaping what I did not sow.

24“And he said to those who stood by, ‘Take the mina from him, and give it to him who has ten minas.’

25(But they said to him, ‘Master, he has ten minas.’)

26‘For I say to you, that to everyone who has will be given; and from him who does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.

28When He had said this, He went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem.

29And it came to pass, when He drew near to 19:29 M BethsphageBethphage and Bethany, at the mountain called Olivet, that He sent two of His disciples,

30saying, “Go into the village opposite you, where as you enter you will find a colt tied, on which no one has ever sat. Loose it and bring it here.

32So those who were sent went their way and found it just as He had said to them.

33But as they were loosing the colt, the owners of it said to them, “Why are you loosing the colt?”

34And they said, “The Lord has need of him.”

35Then they brought him to Jesus. And they threw their own clothes on the colt, and they set Jesus on him.

36And as He went, many spread their clothes on the road.

37Then, as He was now drawing near the descent of the Mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works they had seen,

38saying:

39And some of the Pharisees called to Him from the crowd, “Teacher, rebuke Your disciples.”

40But He answered and said to them, “I tell you that if these should keep silent, the stones would immediately cry out.”

41Now as He drew near, He saw the city and wept over it,

42saying, “If you had known, even you, especially in this your day, the things that make for your peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes.

43For days will come upon you when your enemies will build an embankment around you, surround you and close you in on every side,

45Then He went into the temple and began to drive out those who 19:45 NU were selling, sayingbought and sold in it,

46saying to them, “It is written, ‘My house 19:46 NU shall beis a house of prayer,’ but you have made it a ‘den of thieves.’ ”

47And He was teaching daily in the temple. But the chief priests, the scribes, and the leaders of the people sought to destroy Him,

48and were unable to do anything; for all the people were very attentive to hear Him.