Luke 19
1 He entered and was passing through Jericho.
Jesus entered Jericho and walked through the town.
2 There was a man named Zacchaeus. He was a chief tax collector, and he was rich.
A man was there named Zacchaeus, a chief tax collector. He was very rich.
3 He was trying to see who Yeshua was, and couldn’t because of the crowd, because he was short.
He wanted to see who Jesus was, but because he was short he couldn't see over 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 ahead, and climbed up a sycamore tree to see Jesus as he passed by.
5 When Yeshua 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 got there, he looked up and said, “Zacchaeus, come down quickly! I need to stay at your house today.”
6 He hurried, came down, and received him joyfully.
Zacchaeus climbed down quickly and was so happy to welcome Jesus to his home.
7 When they saw it, they all murmured, saying, “He has gone in to lodge with a man who is a sinner.”
When the people saw this they all complained, “He's gone to stay with such a sinner!”
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 up and said before the Lord, “Look, I'm giving half of everything I own to the poor, and if I've cheated anybody, I'll pay them back four times as much!”
9 Yeshua said to him, “Today, salvation has come to this house, because he also is a son of Abraham.
In response Jesus said, “Today salvation has come to this house, because this man has shown he is a son of Abraham too.
10 For the Son of Man came to seek and to save that which was lost.”
For the Son of man came to search for and save those who are lost.”
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.
While they were still paying attention, Jesus told them a story for they were close to Jerusalem and the people thought that God's kingdom was going to become a reality right away.
12 He said therefore, “A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom and to return.
“Once there was a nobleman who left home to go to a distant country to be crowned king there, and then to 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, divided money equally among them, and told them, ‘Invest this money until I return.’
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 people hated him, and sent a delegation after him to say, ‘We won't have this man as king over us.’
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.
After he had been crowned king he returned. He ordered his servants brought to him. He wanted to know what profit they had made by investing the money he had given them.
16 The first came before him, saying, ‘Lord, your mina has made ten more minas.’
The first servant came in and said, ‘Lord, your money has earned ten times as much.’
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! You're a good servant,’ said the king. ‘Since you proved yourself trustworthy in a very small matter, I'm placing you in charge of ten cities.’
18 “The second came, saying, ‘Your mina, Lord, has made five minas.’
The second servant came in and said, ‘Lord, your money has earned five times as much.’
19 “So he said to him, ‘And you are to be over five cities.’
‘I'm placing you in charge of five cities,’ said the king.
20 Another came, saying, ‘Lord, behold, your mina, which I kept laid away in a handkerchief,
Another servant came in and said, ‘Lord, look, here's your money back. I kept it safe, wrapped up in a cloth.
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.’
I was afraid of you because you're a hard man. You take what doesn't belong to you, and you harvest what you didn't plant.’
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.
‘I'll judge you by your own words,’ the king replied. ‘You know I'm a hard man, who as you say, takes what doesn't belong to me, and I harvest what I didn't plant.
23 Then why didn’t you deposit my money in the bank, and at my coming, I might have earned interest on it?’
Why then didn't you deposit my money in the bank, so that when I returned I could have had my money 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.’
The king told those who were standing beside him, ‘Take the money away from him, and give it to the one who made ten times as much.’
25 “They said to him, ‘Lord, he has ten minas!’
‘But master, he already has ten times as much,’ they replied.
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.
The king said, ‘I tell you, to those who have, more will be given; but those who do not have, even what they have will be taken away from them.
27 But bring those enemies of mine who didn’t want me to reign over them here, and kill them before me.’”
And as for my enemies who didn't want me to be king over them, bring them here and kill them in front of me.’”
28 Having said these things, he went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem.
After he'd finished telling them this story, Jesus left for Jerusalem, walking on ahead.
29 When he came near to Bethsphage and Bethany, at the mountain that is called Olivet, he sent two of his disciples,
As he approached Bethphage and Bethany on the Mount of Olives, he sent two disciples, telling them:
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 farther on. As you enter it you'll find a colt tied up that no one has ever ridden. Untie it and bring it here.
31 If anyone asks you, ‘Why are you untying it?’ say to him: ‘The Lord needs it.’”
If anyone asks you, ‘Why are you untying it?’ just say, ‘The Lord needs it.’”
32 Those who were sent went away and found things just as he had told them.
So the two disciples went and found that everything was just as Jesus had said.
33 As they were untying the colt, its owners said to them, “Why are you untying the colt?”
As they were untying the colt, its owners asked them, “Why are you untying the colt?”
34 They said, “The Lord needs it.”
The disciples replied, “The Lord needs it.”
35 Then they brought it to Yeshua. They threw their cloaks on the colt and sat Yeshua on them.
They brought the colt to Jesus. Then they threw their cloaks over it, and sat Jesus on its back.
36 As he went, they spread their cloaks on the road.
As he rode along, people spread their cloaks on 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,
As he approached Jerusalem, right where the road goes down from the Mount of Olives, the crowd of disciples all began shouting joyful praises to God at the top of their voices for all the miracles 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 the king who comes in the name of the Lord,” they shouted. “Peace in heaven and glory in highest heaven.”
39 Some of the Pharisees from the multitude said to him, “Rabbi, rebuke your disciples!”
Some of the Pharisees who were in the crowd said to Jesus, “Teacher, stop your disciples from saying that.”
40 He answered them, “I tell you that if these were silent, the stones would cry out.”
But Jesus replied, “I tell you that if they kept quiet then the stones will shout!”
41 When he came near, he saw the city and wept over it,
But as he got closer, he saw the city and wept over it.
42 saying, “If you, even you, had known today the things which belong to your peace! But now, they are hidden from your eyes.
“I really wish today that you, even you, had known the path that leads to peace!” he said. “But now it's hidden from your eyes.
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,
The time is coming upon you when your enemies will besiege you, building ramps to attack you, encircling you and closing you in from every side.
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 smash you to the ground, you and your children within you. They won't leave one stone on another within you, for you refused to accept salvation when it came to you.”
45 He entered into the temple and began to drive out those who bought and sold in it,
Jesus entered the Temple and began driving out all the people trading there.
46 saying to them, “It is written, ‘My house is a house of prayer,’ but you have made it a ‘den of robbers’!”
He told them, “Scriptures state that ‘my house will be a house of prayer,’ but you've turned it into a den of thieves.”
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.
He was teaching in the Temple every day. The chief priests, the religious teachers, and the leaders of the people were trying to kill him.
48 They couldn’t find what they might do, for all the people hung on to every word that he said.
But they couldn't find a way to do it because everyone appreciated him, hanging on his every word.
