Luke 19
1 Then Jesus entered Jericho and was passing through.
Jesus entered Jericho and made his way through the town.
2 And behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus. He was a chief tax collector, who was rich.
There was a man there, known by the name of Zacchaeus, who was a commissioner of taxes and a rich man.
3 He was trying to see who Jesus was, but he could not do so because of the crowd, for he was small in stature.
He tried to see what Jesus was like; but, being short, he was unable to do so because of the crowd.
4 So he ran on ahead and climbed a sycamore tree so that he could see him, because Jesus was about to pass by 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 that place, he looked up and saw him. Then he said to him, “Zacchaeus, hurry and come down, for I must stay at yoʋr house today.”
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 to-day.”
6 So he hurried down and received Jesus with joy.
So Zacchaeus got down quickly, and joyfully welcomed him.
7 When all the people saw it, they grumbled, saying, “He has gone in to stay with a sinful man.”
On seeing this, every one began to complain: “He has gone to stay with a man who is an outcast.”
8 But Zacchaeus stood there and said to the Lord, “Behold, half of my goods, Lord, I give to the poor, and if I have extorted anything from anyone, I will pay back four times the amount.”
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 any one of anything, I will give him back four times as much.”
9 Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, for this man also is a son of Abraham.
“Salvation has come to this house to-day,” answered Jesus, “for even this man is a son of Abraham.
10 For the Son of Man came to seek and save the lost.”
The Son of Man has come to ‘search for those who are lost’ and to save them.”
11 Now as the people were listening to this, Jesus went on to tell a parable, because he was near Jerusalem, and because they thought that the kingdom of God was going to appear at once.
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 So he said, “A man of noble birth went to a distant country to receive a kingdom for himself and then return.
He said: “A nobleman once went to a distant country to receive his appointment to a Kingdom and then return.
13 Calling ten of his servants, he gave them ten minas and said to them, ‘Engage in business until I come.’
He called ten of his servants and gave them ten pounds each, and told them to trade with them during his absence.
14 Now his citizens hated him and sent a delegation after him, saying, ‘We do not 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 returned after receiving the kingdom, he summoned the servants to whom he had given the money, so that he might know who had gained what by engaging in 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 and said, ‘Master, yoʋr mina has made ten minas more.’
The first came up, and said ‘Sir, your ten pounds have made a hundred.’
17 The king said to him, ‘Well done, good servant! Because yoʋ have been faithful in a very small matter, take 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 and said, ‘Master, yoʋr mina has made five minas.’
When the second came, he said ‘Your ten pounds, Sir, have produced fifty.’
19 The king said to him, ‘Yoʋ are to be over five cities.’
So the master said to him ‘And you I appoint over five towns.’
20 Another came and said, ‘Master, behold, here is yoʋr mina, which I kept put away in a piece of cloth.
Another servant also came and said ‘Sir, here are your ten pounds; I have kept them put away in a handkerchief.
21 For I was afraid of yoʋ, because yoʋ are a stern man. Yoʋ take out what yoʋ did not put in, and yoʋ reap what yoʋ did not 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 The king said to him, ‘I will condemn yoʋ by the words coming out of yoʋr own mouth, yoʋ evil servant. Yoʋ knew, did yoʋ, that I was a stern man, taking out what I did not put in, and reaping what I did not 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 Why then did yoʋ not deposit my money in the bank, and when I came I would have collected it with interest?’
Then why did not you put my money into a bank? And I, on my return, could have claimed it with interest.
24 Then he said to those standing nearby, ‘Take the mina from him and give it to the one who has 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 (But they said to him, ‘Master, he has ten minas!’)
‘But, Sir,’ they interposed, ‘he has a hundred pounds already!’
26 ‘For I tell you that everyone who has will be given more, but the one who does not have, even what 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 as for those enemies of mine who did not want me to reign over them, bring them here and slay them in front of 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 After saying these things, Jesus continued on his way up to Jerusalem, walking ahead of his disciples.
After saying this, Jesus went on in front, going up to Jerusalem.
29 As he drew near to Bethsphage and Bethany, at the mount called Olivet, he sent two of his disciples ahead,
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 into the village ahead of you. As you enter it, you will find a colt tied, on which no one has ever sat. Untie it and bring it here.
“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?’ tell him this: ‘The Lord has need of it.’”
And, if anybody asks you ‘Why are you untying it?,’ you are to say this — ‘The Master wants it.’”
32 So those who were sent went off and found it 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 has need of it.”
And the two disciples answered — “The Master wants it.”
35 Then they brought the colt to Jesus, threw their garments over it, and set Jesus on it.
Then they led it back to Jesus, and threw their cloaks on the foal and put Jesus upon it.
36 As he went along, people were spreading their garments on the road.
As he went along, the people kept spreading their cloaks in the road.
37 And as he drew near to the descent of the Mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to praise God joyfully with a loud voice for all the miracles they had seen,
When he had almost reached the place where the road led down the Mount of Olives, every one 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 But some of the Pharisees from among the crowd said to Jesus, “Teacher, rebuke yoʋr disciples.”
Some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to him: “Teacher, reprove your disciples.”
40 In response he said to them, “I tell you, if they keep silent, the stones will cry out.”
But Jesus answered: “I tell you that if these men are silent, the very stones will call out.”
41 As he drew near to Jerusalem and saw the city, he wept over it,
When he drew near, on seeing the city, he wept over it, and said:
42 saying, “If only yoʋ had known, especially on this yoʋr day, what would bring about yoʋr peace! But now it is hidden from yoʋr eyes.
“Would that 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 upon yoʋ when yoʋr enemies build a barricade around yoʋ and encircle yoʋ, hemming yoʋ in on every side.
For a time is coming upon you when your enemies will surround you with earthworks, and encircle you, and hem you in on all sides;
44 They will raze yoʋ to the ground, and yoʋr children within yoʋ. They will not leave in yoʋ one stone upon another, because yoʋ did not recognize the time of yoʋr visitation.”
they will trample you down and your children within you, and they will not leave in you one stone upon another, because you did not know ‘the time of your visitation.’”
45 Then Jesus entered the temple courts and began driving out those who were selling and buying there.
Jesus went into the Temple Courts and began to drive out those who were selling,
46 He said 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 shall be a House of Prayer’; but you have made it ‘a den of robbers.’”
47 Every day Jesus was teaching in the temple courts, but the chief priests and the scribes were seeking to destroy him, and so were the prominent leaders among the people.
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 leading men.
48 But they could not figure out what to do, for all the people were hanging on his every word as they listened to him.
Yet they could not see what to do, for the people all hung upon his words.
