Luke 19
1 He entered and was passing through Jericho.
Jesus entered Jericho and made his way through the town.
2 There was a man named Zacchaeus. He was a chief tax collector, and he was rich.
There was a man there, known by the name of Zacchaeus, who was a senior tax collector and a rich man.
3 He was trying to see who Jesus was, and couldn’t because of the crowd, because he was short.
He tried to see what Jesus was like; but, being short, he was unable to do so because of the crowd.
4 He ran on ahead and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see him, for he was going to pass that way.
So he ran on ahead and climbed into a mulberry tree to see Jesus, for he knew that he must pass that way.
5 When Jesus came to the place, he looked up and saw him, and said to him, “Zacchaeus, hurry and come down, for today I must stay at your house.”
When Jesus came to the place, he looked up and said to him, ‘Zacchaeus, be quick and come down, for I must stop at your house today.’
6 He hurried, came down, and received him joyfully.
So Zacchaeus got down quickly, and joyfully welcomed him.
7 When they saw it, they all murmured, saying, “He has gone in to lodge with a man who is a sinner.”
On seeing this, everyone began to complain, ‘He has gone to stay with a man who is an outcast.’
8 Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, “Behold, Lord, half of my goods I give to the poor. If I have wrongfully exacted anything of anyone, I restore four times as much.”
But Zacchaeus stood forward and said to the Master, ‘Listen, Master! I will give half my property to the poor, and, if I have defrauded anyone of anything, I will give him back four times as much.’
9 Jesus said to him, “Today, salvation has come to this house, because he also is a son of Abraham.
‘Salvation has come to this house today,’ answered Jesus, ‘for even this man is a son of Abraham.
10 For the Son of Man came to seek and to save that which was lost.”
The Son of Man has come to search for those who are lost and to save them.’
11 As they heard these things, he went on and told a parable, because he was near Jerusalem, and they supposed that God’s Kingdom would be revealed immediately.
As the people were listening to this, Jesus went on to tell them a parable. He did so because he was near Jerusalem, and because they thought that the kingdom of God was going to be proclaimed at once.
12 He said therefore, “A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom and to return.
He said, ‘A nobleman once went to a distant country to receive his appointment to a kingdom and then return.
13 He called ten servants of his and gave them ten mina coins, and told them, ‘Conduct business until I come.’
He called ten of his servants and gave them ten pounds of silver each, and told them to trade with them during his absence.
14 But his citizens hated him, and sent an envoy after him, saying, ‘We don’t want this man to reign over us.’
But his subjects hated him and sent envoys after him to say “We will not have this man as our king.”
15 “When he had come back again, having received the kingdom, 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.
On his return, after having been appointed king, he directed that the servants to whom he had given his money should be summoned, so that he might learn what amount of trade they had done.
16 The first came before him, saying, ‘Lord, your mina has made ten more minas.’
The first came up, and said “Sir, your ten pounds have made a hundred.”
17 “He said to him, ‘Well done, you good servant! Because you were found faithful with very little, you shall have authority over ten cities.’
“Well done, good servant!” exclaimed the master. “As you have proved trustworthy in a very small matter, I appoint you governor over ten towns.”
18 “The second came, saying, ‘Your mina, Lord, has made five minas.’
When the second came, he said “Your ten pounds, Sir, have produced fifty.”
19 “So he said to him, ‘And you are to be over five cities.’
So the master said to him “And you I appoint over five towns.”
20 Another came, saying, ‘Lord, behold, your mina, which I kept laid away in a handkerchief,
Another servant also came and said “Sir, here are your ten pounds; I have kept them put away in a handkerchief.
21 for I feared you, because you are an exacting man. You take up that which you didn’t lay down, and reap that which you didn’t sow.’
For I was afraid of you, because you are a stern man. You take what you have not planted, and reap what you have not sown.”
22 “He said to him, ‘Out of your own mouth I will judge you, you wicked servant! You knew that I am an exacting man, taking up that which I didn’t lay down and reaping that which I didn’t sow.
The master answered “Out of your own mouth I judge you, you worthless servant. You knew that I am a stern man, that I take what I have not planted, and reap what I have not sown?
23 Then why didn’t you deposit my money in the bank, and at my coming, I might have earned interest on it?’
Then why didn’t you put my money into a bank? And I, on my return, could have claimed it with interest.
24 He said to those who stood by, ‘Take the mina away from him and give it to him who has the ten minas.’
Take away from him the ten pounds,” he said to those standing by, “and give them to the one who has the hundred.”
25 “They said to him, ‘Lord, he has ten minas!’
“But, Sir,” they said, “he has a hundred pounds already!”
26 ‘For I tell you that to everyone who has, will more be given; but from him who doesn’t have, even that which he has will be taken away from him.
“I tell you,” he answered, “that, to him who has, more will be given, but, from him who has nothing, even what he has will be taken away.
27 But bring those enemies of mine who didn’t want me to reign over them here, and kill them before me.’”
But as for my enemies, these men who would not have me as their king, bring them here and put them to death in my presence.”’
28 Having said these things, he went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem.
After saying this, Jesus went on in front, going up to Jerusalem.
29 When he came near to Bethsphage and Bethany, at the mountain that is called Olivet, he sent two of his disciples,
It was when Jesus had almost reached Bethphage and Bethany, near the Mount of Olives, that he sent on 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, which no man has ever sat upon. Untie it and bring it.
‘Go to the village facing us,’ he said, ‘and, when you get there, you will find a foal tethered, which no one has yet ridden; untie it and lead it here.
31 If anyone asks you, ‘Why are you untying it?’ say to him: ‘The Lord needs it.’”
And, if anybody asks you “Why are you untying it?”, you are to say this – “The Master wants it.”’
32 Those who were sent went away and found things just as he had told them.
So the two who were sent went and found it as Jesus had told them.
33 As they were untying the colt, its owners said to them, “Why are you untying the colt?”
While they were untying the foal, the owners asked them – ‘Why are you untying the foal?’
34 They said, “The Lord needs it.”
And the two disciples answered – ‘The Master wants it.’
35 Then they brought it to Jesus. They threw their cloaks on the colt and sat Jesus on them.
Then they led it back to Jesus, and threw their cloaks on the foal and put Jesus on it.
36 As he went, they spread their cloaks on the road.
As he went along, the people kept spreading their cloaks in the road.
37 As he was now getting near, at 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 which they had seen,
When he had almost reached the place where the road led down the Mount of Olives, everyone of the many disciples began in their joy to praise God loudly for all the miracles that they had seen:
38 saying, “Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord! Peace in heaven, and glory in the highest!”
‘Blessed is He who comes – our king – in the name of the Lord! Peace in heaven, and glory on high.’
39 Some of the Pharisees from the multitude said to him, “Teacher, rebuke your disciples!”
Some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to him, ‘Teacher, restrain your disciples.’
40 He answered them, “I tell you that if these were silent, the stones would cry out.”
But Jesus answered, ‘I tell you that if they are silent, the stones will call out.’
41 When he came near, he saw the city and wept over it,
When he drew near, on seeing the city, he wept over it, and said,
42 saying, “If you, even you, had known today the things which belong to your peace! But now, they are hidden from your eyes.
‘If only you had known, while yet there was time – even you – the things that make for peace! But now they have been hidden from your sight.
43 For the days will come on you when your enemies will throw up a barricade against you, surround you, hem you in on every side,
For a time is coming when your enemies will surround you with earthworks, and encircle you, and hem you in on all sides;
44 and will dash you and your children within you to the ground. They will not leave in you one stone on another, because you didn’t know the time of your visitation.”
they will trample you down and your children within you, and they will not leave in you one stone on another, because you did not know the time of your visitation.’
45 He entered into the temple and began to drive out those who bought and sold in it,
Jesus went into the Temple Courts and began to drive out those who were selling,
46 saying to them, “It is written, ‘My house is a house of prayer,’ but you have made it a ‘den of robbers’!”
saying as he did so, ‘Scripture says – “My house will be a house of prayer”; but you have made it a den of robbers.’
47 He was teaching daily in the temple, but the chief priests, the scribes, and the leading men among the people sought to destroy him.
Jesus continued to teach each day in the Temple Courts; but the chief priests and teachers of the Law were eager to take his life, and so also were the leaders of the people.
48 They couldn’t find what they might do, for all the people hung on to every word that he said.
Yet they could not see what to do, for the people all hung on his words.
