1 H e entered Jericho and was passing through.

2 A nd there was a man called by the name of Zaccheus; he was a chief tax collector and he was rich.

3 Z accheus was trying to see who Jesus was, and was unable because of the crowd, for he was small in stature.

4 S o he ran on ahead and climbed up into a sycamore tree in order to see Him, for He was about to pass through that way.

5 W hen Jesus came to the place, He looked up and said to him, “Zaccheus, hurry and come down, for today I must stay at your house.”

6 A nd he hurried and came down and received Him gladly.

7 W hen they saw it, they all began to grumble, saying, “He has gone to be the guest of a man who is a sinner.”

8 Z accheus stopped and said to the Lord, “Behold, Lord, half of my possessions I will give to the poor, and if I have defrauded anyone of anything, I will give back four times as much.”

9 A nd Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, because he, too, is a son of Abraham.

10 F or the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost.” Parable of Money Usage

11 W hile they were listening to these things, Jesus went on to tell a parable, because He was near Jerusalem, and they supposed that the kingdom of God was going to appear immediately.

12 S o He said, “ A nobleman went to a distant country to receive a kingdom for himself, and then return.

13 A nd he called ten of his slaves, and gave them ten minas and said to them, ‘Do business with this until I come back.’

14 B ut his citizens hated him and sent a delegation after him, saying, ‘We do not want this man to reign over us.’

15 W hen he returned, after receiving the kingdom, he ordered that these slaves, to whom he had given the money, be called to him so that he might know what business they had done.

16 T he first appeared, saying, ‘ Master, your mina has made ten minas more.’

17 A nd he said to him, ‘Well done, good slave, because you have been faithful in a very little thing, you are to be in authority over ten cities.’

18 T he second came, saying, ‘Your mina, master, has made five minas.’

19 A nd he said to him also, ‘And you are to be over five cities.’

20 A nother came, saying, ‘Master, here is your mina, which I kept put away in a handkerchief;

21 f or I was afraid of you, because you are an exacting man; you take up what you did not lay down and reap what you did not sow.’

22 H e said to him, ‘ By your own words I will judge you, you worthless slave. Did you know that I am an exacting man, taking up what I did not lay down and reaping what I did not sow?

23 T hen why did you not put my money in the bank, and having come, I would have collected it with interest?’

24 T hen he said to the bystanders, ‘Take the mina away from him and give it to the one who has the ten minas.’

25 A nd they said to him, ‘Master, he has ten minas already.’

26 I tell you that to everyone who has, more shall be given, but from the one who does not have, even what he does have shall be taken away.

27 B ut these enemies of mine, who did not want me to reign over them, bring them here and slay them in my presence.” Triumphal Entry

28 A fter He had said these things, He was going on ahead, going up to Jerusalem.

29 W hen He approached Bethphage and Bethany, near the mount that is called Olivet, He sent two of the disciples,

30 s aying, “Go into the village ahead of you; there, as you enter, you will find a colt tied on which no one yet has ever sat; untie it and bring it here.

31 I f anyone asks you, ‘Why are you untying it?’ you shall say, ‘The Lord has need of it.’”

32 S o those who were sent went away and found it just as He had told them.

33 A s they were untying the colt, its owners said to them, “Why are you untying the colt?”

34 T hey said, “The Lord has need of it.”

35 T hey brought it to Jesus, and they threw their coats on the colt and put Jesus on it.

36 A s He was going, they were spreading their coats on the road.

37 A s soon as He was approaching, near the descent of the Mount of Olives, the whole crowd of the disciples began to praise God joyfully with a loud voice for all the miracles which they had seen,

38 s houting: “ Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord; Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!”

39 S ome of the Pharisees in the crowd said to Him, “Teacher, rebuke Your disciples.”

40 B ut Jesus answered, “I tell you, if these become silent, the stones will cry out!”

41 W hen He approached Jerusalem, He saw the city and wept over it,

42 s aying, “If you had known in this day, even you, the things which make for peace! But now they have been hidden from your eyes.

43 F or the days will come upon you when your enemies will throw up a barricade against you, and surround you and hem you in on every side,

44 a nd they will level you to the ground and your children within you, and they will not leave in you one stone upon another, because you did not recognize the time of your visitation.” Traders Driven from the Temple

45 J esus entered the temple and began to drive out those who were selling,

46 s aying to them, “It is written, ‘ And My house shall be a house of prayer,’ but you have made it a robbers ’ den.”

47 A nd He was teaching daily in the temple; but the chief priests and the scribes and the leading men among the people were trying to destroy Him,

48 a nd they could not find anything that they might do, for all the people were hanging on to every word He said.