19Verse 1He entered and started passing through Jericho.+Verse 2A man named Zacchaeus was there—he was a chief tax collector, and he was wealthy!Verse 3He was trying to see who Jesus was, but could not because of the crowd, because he was short.Verse 4And running on ahead he climbed up into a sycamore tree, in order to see Him, since He was about to pass by there.Verse 5And when Jesus came to the place, He looked up and saw him, and said to him, “Zacchaeus, come down quickly, because today I must stay at your house.”+Verse 6So he came down quickly, and received Him joyfully.Verse 7But when they saw it, they all started complaining, saying, “He has entered to lodge with a sinful man!”Verse 8Then Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, “Indeed, Lord, I herewith give half of my goods to the poor, and if I have extorted anything from anyone, I restore fourfold.”+Verse 9So Jesus said about him, “Today salvation has happened in this house,+in that he also is a son of Abraham;Verse 10because the Son of the Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost.”
Parable of a despised king
Verse 11Now as they heard these things, He continued with a parable, because He was near Jerusalem and they were supposing that the Kingdom of God was on the verge of being revealed.+Verse 12So He said: “A certain nobleman went to a distant country to receive for himself a kingdom and return.Verse 13He called ten of his slaves, gave them ten ‘minas’, and said to them, ‘Conduct business until I come.’Verse 14But his citizens hated him and sent a delegation after him, saying, ‘We do not want this man to reign over us.’Verse 15It happened that he did receive the kingdom, and upon returning he ordered that those slaves to whom he had given the money be called to him, to know who had gained what by trading.Verse 16So the first one came and said, ‘Master, your mina earned ten minas!’+Verse 17He said to him: ‘Super, you good slave! Because you were faithful in a very little, have authority over ten cities!’Verse 18And the second one came and said, ‘Master, your mina made five minas.’Verse 19Likewise he said to him, ‘You also be over five cities.’Verse 20Then a different one came, saying: ‘Master, here is your mina, that I kept laid away in a piece of clothVerse 21—I feared you because you are a hard man, removing what you did not place, and reaping what you did not sow.’Verse 22So he said to him: ‘I will judge you out of your own mouth, you wicked slave! You knew that I am a hard man, removing what I did not place, and reaping what I did not sow.Verse 23Why then didn't you put my money on deposit, and upon coming I would have collected it with interest?’Verse 24And to those standing by he said, ‘Take the mina from him and give it to him who has the ten minas.’Verse 25(They even said to him, ‘Master, he already has ten minas!’)Verse 26‘Indeed I tell you, to everyone who has, more will be given;+but from him who does not have, even what he has will be taken from him.Verse 27But as for those enemies of mine who did not want me to reign over them, bring them here and slaughter them in front of me!’ ”+
The ‘Triumphal Entry’
Verse 28Having said these things, He went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem.Verse 29When He drew near to Bethphage+and Bethany, at the mountain called ‘of Olives’, it happened like this: He sent two of His disciples,Verse 30saying: “Go to the village opposite you, where as you enter you will find a colt tied, on which no man ever yet sat. Untie and bring it.Verse 31And if anyone asks you, ‘Why are you untying it?’ just say this to him: ‘The Lord needs it.’ ”
A steed for the King
Verse 32So those who were sent went and found it just like He told them.Verse 33As they were untying the colt, its owners said to them, “Why are you untying the colt?”Verse 34So they said, “The Lord needs it.”+Verse 35Then they brought it to Jesus; and throwing their own clothes on the colt, they placed Jesus on it.Verse 36And as He went along people were spreading their clothes on the road.
Rejoicing and praising
Verse 37Then, as He was approaching 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,Verse 38saying:“Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord!+Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!”
A sour note
Verse 39Some of the Pharisees said to Him from the crowd, “Teacher, rebuke your disciples!”Verse 40In answer He said to them, “I tell you that if these should keep silent, the very stones would cry out!”
Jesus weeps over Jerusalem
Verse 41Now as He approached, observing the city He wept over it,Verse 42saying: “If you, yes you, especially in this your day, had known the things pertaining to your peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes.Verse 43Yes, the days will come upon you when your enemies will build an embankment around you; indeed they will surround you and hem you in on every side.Verse 44And they will raze you, and your children within you, to the ground—they will not leave in you one stone upon another—all because you did not recognize the time of your visitation.”+
Jesus cleanses the temple—second time
Verse 45And upon entering the temple He began to drive out those who were selling and buying in it,+Verse 46saying to them, “It is written: ‘My house is a house of prayer,’+but you have made it a ‘den of robbers’!”+Verse 47And He was teaching daily in the temple; but the chief priests and the scribes, as also the leaders of the people, were trying to destroy Him,Verse 48but could not figure out how to do it, because all the people were hanging on His words.