Luke 19 — GMV

19 Verse 1 Then Jesus entered Jericho and was passing through. ^{Verse 2} And behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus. He was a chief tax collector and was rich. ^{Verse 3} He was trying to see who Jesus was, but he could not do so because of the crowd, for he was a short man. ^{Verse 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. ^{Verse 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.” ^{Verse 6} So he hurried down and received Jesus with joy. ^{Verse 7} When all the people saw it, they grumbled, saying, “He has gone to be the guest of a sinful man.” ^{Verse 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.” ^{Verse 9} Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, because this man has shown that he too is a son of Abraham. ^{Verse 10} For the Son of Man came to seek and save the lost.” ^{Verse 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. ^{Verse 12} So he said, “A man of noble birth went to a distant country to receive a kingdom for himself and then return. ^{Verse 13} Calling ten of his servants, he gave them ten minas and said to them, ‘Engage in business until I return.’ ^{Verse 14} But his subjects hated him and sent a delegation after him, saying, ‘We do not want this man to reign over us.’ ^{Verse 15} When he returned after receiving the kingdom, he summoned the servants to whom he had given the money, to find out who had gained what by engaging in business. ^{Verse 16} The first came before him and said, ‘Master, yoʋr mina has made ten minas more.’ ^{Verse 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.’ ^{Verse 18} The second came and said, ‘Master, yoʋr mina has made five minas.’ ^{Verse 19} The king said to him, ‘Yoʋ are to be over five cities.’ ^{Verse 20} Another came and said, ‘Master, behold, here is yoʋr mina, which I kept put away in a piece of cloth. ^{Verse 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.’ ^{Verse 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? ^{Verse 23} Why then did yoʋ not deposit my money in the bank, and when I came I would have collected it with interest?’ ^{Verse 24} Then he said to those standing nearby, ‘Take the mina from him and give it to the one who has ten minas.’ ^{Verse 25} But they said to him, ‘Master, he has ten minas!’ ^{Verse 26} The king said, ‘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. ^{Verse 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.’ ” ^{Verse 28} After saying these things, Jesus continued on his way up to Jerusalem, walking ahead of his disciples. ^{Verse 29} As he drew near to Bethsphage and Bethany, at the mount called Olivet, he sent two of his disciples ahead, ^{Verse 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. ^{Verse 31} If anyone asks you, ‘Why are you untying it?’ tell him this: ‘The Lord has need of it.’ ” ^{Verse 32} So those who were sent went off and found it just as he had told them. ^{Verse 33} As they were untying the colt, its owners said to them, “Why are you untying the colt?” ^{Verse 34} They said, “The Lord has need of it.” ^{Verse 35} Then they brought the colt to Jesus, threw their garments over it, and set Jesus on it. ^{Verse 36} As he went along, people were spreading their garments on the road. ^{Verse 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, ^{Verse 38} saying, ^{Verse 39} But some of the Pharisees from among the crowd said to Jesus, “Teacher, rebuke yoʋr disciples.” ^{Verse 40} In response he said to them, “I tell you, if they keep silent, the stones will cry out.” ^{Verse 41} As he drew near to Jerusalem and saw the city, he wept over it, ^{Verse 42} saying, “If only yoʋ had known, especially on this day of yoʋrs what would bring yoʋ peace! But now it is hidden from yoʋr eyes. ^{Verse 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. ^{Verse 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.” ^{Verse 45} Then Jesus entered the temple courts and began driving out those who were selling and buying there. ^{Verse 46} He said to them, “It is written, ‘My house is a house of prayer,’ but you have made it a den of robbers.” ^{Verse 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. ^{Verse 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.