19:1 Jesus 1 entered Jericho 2 and was passing through it. 19:2 Now 3 a man named Zacchaeus was there; he was a chief tax collector 4 and was rich. 19:3 He 5 was trying to get a look at Jesus, 6 but being a short man he could not see over the crowd. 7 19:4 So 8 he ran on ahead and climbed up into a sycamore tree 9 to see him, because Jesus 10 was going to pass that way. 19:5 And when Jesus came to that place, he looked up 11 and said to him, “Zacchaeus, come down quickly, 12 because I must 13 stay at your house today.” 14 19:6 So he came down quickly 15 and welcomed Jesus 16 joyfully. 17 19:7 And when the people 18 saw it, they all complained, 19 “He has gone in to be the guest of a man who is a sinner.” 20 19:8 But Zacchaeus stopped and said to the Lord, “Look, Lord, half of my possessions I now give 21 to the poor, and if 22 I have cheated anyone of anything, I am paying back four times as much!” 19:9 Then 23 Jesus said to him, “Today salvation 24 has come to this household, 25 because he too is a son of Abraham! 26 19:10 For the Son of Man came 27 to seek and to save the lost.”
19:11 While the people were listening to these things, Jesus 28 proceeded to tell a parable, because he was near to Jerusalem, 29 and because they thought 30 that the kingdom of God 31 was going to 32 appear immediately. 19:12 Therefore he said, “A nobleman 33 went to a distant country to receive 34 for himself a kingdom and then return. 35 19:13 And he summoned ten of his slaves, 36 gave them ten minas, 37 and said to them, ‘Do business with these until I come back.’ 19:14 But his citizens 38 hated 39 him and sent a delegation after him, saying, ‘We do not want this man 40 to be king 41 over us!’ 19:15 When 42 he returned after receiving the kingdom, he summoned 43 these slaves to whom he had given the money. He wanted 44 to know how much they had earned 45 by trading. 19:16 So 46 the first one came before him and said, ‘Sir, 47 your mina 48 has made ten minas more.’ 19:17 And the king 49 said to him, ‘Well done, good slave! Because you have been faithful 50 in a very small matter, you will have authority 51 over ten cities.’ 19:18 Then 52 the second one came and said, ‘Sir, your mina has made five minas.’ 19:19 So 53 the king 54 said to him, ‘And you are to be over five cities.’ 19:20 Then another 55 slave 56 came and said, ‘Sir, here is 57 your mina that I put away for safekeeping 58 in a piece of cloth. 59 19:21 For I was afraid of you, because you are a severe 60 man. You withdraw 61 what you did not deposit 62 and reap what you did not sow.’ 19:22 The king 63 said to him, ‘I will judge you by your own words, 64 you wicked slave! 65 So you knew, did you, that I was a severe 66 man, withdrawing what I didn’t deposit and reaping what I didn’t sow? 19:23 Why then didn’t you put 67 my money in the bank, 68 so that when I returned I could have collected it with interest?’ 19:24 And he said to his attendants, 69 ‘Take the mina from him, and give it to the one who has ten.’ 70 19:25 But 71 they said to him, ‘Sir, he has ten minas already!’ 72 19:26 ‘I tell you that everyone who has will be given more, 73 but from the one who does not have, even what he has will be taken away. 74 19:27 But as for these enemies of mine who did not want me to be their king, 75 bring them here and slaughter 76 them 77 in front of me!’”
19:28 After Jesus 78 had said this, he continued on ahead, 79 going up to Jerusalem. 80 19:29 Now 81 when he approached Bethphage 82 and Bethany, at the place called the Mount of Olives, 83 he sent two of the disciples, 19:30 telling them, 84 “Go to the village ahead of you. 85 When 86 you enter it, you will find a colt tied there that has never been ridden. 87 Untie it and bring it here. 19:31 If anyone asks you, ‘Why are you untying it?’ just say, ‘The Lord needs 88 it.’”