1And he entered and was passing through Jericho.
2And behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus; he was a chief tax collector, and he was rich.
3And he was trying to see who Jesus was, but could not because of the crowd, for he was small in stature.
4So he ran on ahead and climbed up into a sycamore-fig tree to see him, because he was about to pass that way.
5And when Jesus came to the place, he looked up and said to him, ‘Zacchaeus, hurry and come down, for today I must stay at your house.’
6So he hurried and came down and welcomed him joyfully.
7And when they all saw it, they began to grumble, saying, ‘He has gone in to be the guest of a sinful man.’
8But Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, ‘Behold, Lord, half of my possessions I will give to the poor, and if I have extorted anything from anyone, I will pay it back fourfold.’
9And Jesus said to him, ‘Today salvation has come to this house, because he also is a son of Abraham.’
10For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.
11While they were listening to these things, he went on to tell a parable, because he was near Jerusalem and they thought the kingdom of God was going to appear immediately.
12So he said, ‘A nobleman went to a distant country to receive for himself a kingdom and then to return.’
13Calling ten of his servants, he gave them ten minas and said to them, ‘Do business with this until I come back.’
14But his citizens hated him and sent a delegation after him, saying, ‘We do not want this man to reign over us.’
15And when he returned, 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 profit each had made.
16The first came before him, saying, ‘Lord, your mina has earned ten more minas.’
17And he said to him, ‘Well done, good servant! Because you have been faithful in a very small matter, you shall have authority over ten cities.’
18And the second came, saying, ‘Lord, your mina has made five minas.’
19And he said to him also, ‘And you are to be over five cities.’
20Then another came, saying, ‘Lord, here is your mina, which I kept laid away in a piece of cloth.’
21For I was afraid of you, because you are a harsh man. You take what you did not deposit, and you reap what you did not sow.
22He said to him, ‘I will judge you by your own words, you wicked servant! You knew that I was a harsh man, taking what I did not deposit and reaping what I did not sow?’
23Why then did you not put my money in the bank? Then when I returned, I could have collected it with interest.
24And he said to the bystanders, ‘Take the mina from him and give it to the one who has the ten minas.’
25And they said to him, ‘Lord, he has ten minas.’
26I tell you that to everyone who has, more will be given, but from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away.
27But as for these enemies of mine who did not want me to reign over them, bring them here and slaughter them in my presence.’
28And when he had said these things, he went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem.
29When he drew near to Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount that is called Olivet, he sent two of the disciples,
30saying, ‘Go into the village ahead of you, and as you enter it you will find a colt tied, on which no one has ever sat. Untie it and bring it here.’
31And if anyone asks you, ‘Why are you untying it?’ you are to say this: ‘The Lord has need of it.’”
32So those who were sent went and found it just as he had told them.
33As they were untying the colt, its owners said to them, “Why are you untying the colt?”
34And they said, “The Lord has need of it.”
35And they brought it to Jesus, and after throwing their own cloaks on the colt, they set Jesus on it.
36And as he went on his way, they were spreading their own cloaks on the road.
37As he was now drawing near 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 mighty works they had seen,
38saying, “Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord! Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!”
39And some of the Pharisees from the crowd said to him, “Teacher, rebuke your disciples.”
40And he answered, “I tell you, if these are silent, the stones will cry out.”
41And when he drew near and saw the city, he wept over it,
42saying, “If only you had known on this day, even you, the things that make for peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes.
43For days will come upon you when your enemies will build siege works around you, and they will encircle you and hem you in on every side,
44and they will level you to the ground—you and your children within you. And they will not leave one stone upon another in you, because you did not recognize the time of your visitation.”
45And he entered the temple courts and began to drive out those who were selling,
46saying to them, “It is written, ‘My house shall be a house of prayer,’ but you have made it a ‘den of robbers.’”
47And he was teaching daily in the temple courts. But the chief priests and the scribes and the leaders of the people were seeking to destroy him,
48but they could not find any way to do it, for all the people were hanging on his words.
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