Zacchaeus the Tax
Collector
1 Jesus entered Jericho and
was
passing
through.
2 A man
was there
by the
name of
Zacchaeus;
he was a
chief tax
collector
and was
wealthy.
3 He
wanted to
see who
Jesus was,
but
because he
was short
he could
not see
over the
crowd.
4 So
he ran
ahead and
climbed a
sycamore-fig
tree to
see him,
since
Jesus was
coming
that way.
5 When Jesus reached the
spot, he
looked up
and said
to him,
“Zacchaeus,
come down
immediately.
I must
stay at
your house
today.”
6 So he
came down
at once
and
welcomed
him
gladly.
7 All the people saw this
and began
to mutter,
“He has
gone to be
the guest
of a
sinner.”
8 But Zacchaeus stood up
and said
to the
Lord,
“Look,
Lord! Here
and now I
give half
of my
possessions
to the
poor, and
if I have
cheated
anybody
out of
anything,
I will pay
back four
times the
amount.”
9 Jesus said to him,
“Today
salvation
has come
to this
house,
because
this man,
too, is a
son of
Abraham.
10 For the
Son of Man
came to
seek and
to save
the lost.”
The Parable of the
Ten Minas
11 While they were
listening
to this,
he went on
to tell
them a
parable,
because he
was near
Jerusalem
and the
people
thought
that the
kingdom of
God was
going to
appear at
once.
12 He
said: “A
man of
noble
birth went
to a
distant
country to
have
himself
appointed
king and
then to
return.
13 So he
called ten
of his
servants
and gave
them ten
minas.
‘Put this
money to
work,’ he
said,
‘until I
come
back.’
14 “But his subjects hated
him and
sent a
delegation
after him
to say,
‘We don’t
want this
man to be
our king.’
15 “He was made king,
however,
and
returned
home. Then
he sent
for the
servants
to whom he
had given
the money,
in order
to find
out what
they had
gained
with it.
16 “The first one came and
said,
‘Sir, your
mina has
earned ten
more.’
17 “‘Well done, my good
servant!’
his master
replied.
‘Because
you have
been
trustworthy
in a very
small
matter,
take
charge of
ten
cities.’
18 “The second came and
said,
‘Sir, your
mina has
earned
five
more.’
19 “His master answered,
‘You take
charge of
five
cities.’
20 “Then another servant
came and
said,
‘Sir, here
is your
mina; I
have kept
it laid
away in a
piece of
cloth.
21 I
was afraid
of you,
because
you are a
hard man.
You take
out what
you did
not put in
and reap
what you
did not
sow.’
22 “His master replied, ‘I
will judge
you by
your own
words, you
wicked
servant!
You knew,
did you,
that I am
a hard
man,
taking out
what I did
not put
in, and
reaping
what I did
not sow?
23 Why
then
didn’t you
put my
money on
deposit,
so that
when I
came back,
I could
have
collected
it with
interest?’
24 “Then he said to those
standing
by, ‘Take
his mina
away from
him and
give it to
the one
who has
ten
minas.’
25 “‘Sir,’ they said, ‘he
already
has ten!’
26 “He replied, ‘I tell
you that
to
everyone
who has,
more will
be given,
but as for
the one
who has
nothing,
even what
they have
will be
taken
away.
27 But
those
enemies of
mine who
did not
want me to
be king
over
them—bring
them here
and kill
them in
front of
me.’”
Jesus Comes to
Jerusalem
as King
28 After Jesus had said
this, he
went on
ahead,
going up
to
Jerusalem.
29 As he
approached
Bethphage
and
Bethany at
the hill
called the
Mount of
Olives, he
sent two
of his
disciples,
saying to
them,
30 “Go
to the
village
ahead of
you, and
as you
enter it,
you will
find a
colt tied
there,
which no
one has
ever
ridden.
Untie it
and bring
it here.
31 If
anyone
asks you,
‘Why are
you
untying
it?’ say,
‘The Lord
needs
it.’”
32 Those who were sent
ahead went
and found
it just as
he had
told them.
33 As they
were
untying
the colt,
its owners
asked
them, “Why
are you
untying
the colt?”
34 They replied, “The Lord
needs it.”
35 They brought it to
Jesus,
threw
their
cloaks on
the colt
and put
Jesus on
it. 36 As
he went
along,
people
spread
their
cloaks on
the road.
37 When he came near the
place
where the
road goes
down the
Mount of
Olives,
the whole
crowd of
disciples
began
joyfully
to praise
God in
loud
voices for
all the
miracles
they had
seen:
38 “Blessed is the king who comes in the name of the Lord!”
“Peace in heaven and glory
in the
highest!”
39 Some of the Pharisees
in the
crowd said
to Jesus,
“Teacher,
rebuke
your
disciples!”
40 “I tell you,” he
replied,
“if they
keep
quiet, the
stones
will cry
out.”
41 As he approached
Jerusalem
and saw
the city,
he wept
over it
42 and
said, “If
you, even
you, had
only known
on this
day what
would
bring you
peace—but
now it is
hidden
from your
eyes.
43 The
days will
come upon
you when
your
enemies
will build
an
embankment
against
you and
encircle
you and
hem you in
on every
side.
44 They
will dash
you to the
ground,
you and
the
children
within
your
walls.
They will
not leave
one stone
on
another,
because
you did
not
recognize
the time
of God’s
coming to
you.”
Jesus at the
Temple
45 When Jesus entered the
temple
courts, he
began to
drive out
those who
were
selling.
46 “It is
written,”
he said to
them, “‘My
house will
be a house
of prayer’;
but you
have made
it ‘a den
of
robbers.’”
47 Every day he was
teaching
at the
temple.
But the
chief
priests,
the
teachers
of the law
and the
leaders
among the
people
were
trying to
kill him.
48 Yet
they could
not find
any way to
do it,
because
all the
people
hung on
his words.