May 4, 5
Luke 19
Luk 19:1 He entered and
was passing through Jericho.
Luk 19:2 There was a
man named Zacchaeus. He was a chief tax collector, and he was rich.
Luk 19:3 He was trying
to see who Jesus was, and couldn't because of the crowd, because he
was short.
Luk 19:4 He ran on
ahead, and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see him, for he was to
pass that way.
Luk 19:5 When Jesus
came to the place, he looked up and saw him, and said to him,
"Zacchaeus, hurry and come down, for today I must stay at your
house."
Luk 19:6 He hurried,
came down, and received him joyfully.
Luk 19:7 When they saw
it, they all murmured, saying, "He has gone in to lodge with a
man who is a sinner."
Luk 19:8 Zacchaeus
stood and said to the Lord, "Behold, Lord, half of my goods I
give to the poor. If I have wrongfully exacted anything of anyone, I
restore four times as much."
Luk 19:9 Jesus said to
him, "Today, salvation has come to this house, because he also
is a son of Abraham.
Luk 19:10 For the Son
of Man came to seek and to save that which was lost."
Luk 19:11 As they heard
these things, he went on and told a parable, because he was near
Jerusalem, and they supposed that the Kingdom of God would be
revealed immediately.
Luk 19:12 He said
therefore, "A certain nobleman went into a far country to
receive for himself a kingdom, and to return.
Luk 19:13 He called ten
servants of his, and gave them ten mina coins, and told them,
'Conduct business until I come.'
Luk 19:14 But his
citizens hated him, and sent an envoy after him, saying, 'We don't
want this man to reign over us.'
Luk 19:15 "It
happened when he had come back again, having received the kingdom,
that he commanded these servants, to whom he had given the money, to
be called to him, that he might know what they had gained by
conducting business.
Luk 19:16 The first
came before him, saying, 'Lord, your mina has made ten more minas.'
Luk 19:17 "He said
to him, 'Well done, you good servant! Because you were found faithful
with very little, you shall have authority over ten cities.'
Luk 19:18 "The
second came, saying, 'Your mina, Lord, has made five minas.'
Luk 19:19 "So he
said to him, 'And you are to be over five cities.'
Luk 19:20 Another came,
saying, 'Lord, behold, your mina, which I kept laid away in a
handkerchief,
Luk 19:21 for I feared
you, because you are an exacting man. You take up that which you
didn't lay down, and reap that which you didn't sow.'
Luk 19:22 "He said
to him, 'Out of your own mouth will I judge you, you wicked servant!
You knew that I am an exacting man, taking up that which I didn't lay
down, and reaping that which I didn't sow.
Luk 19:23 Then why
didn't you deposit my money in the bank, and at my coming, I might
have earned interest on it?'
Luk 19:24 He said to
those who stood by, 'Take the mina away from him, and give it to him
who has the ten minas.'
Luk 19:25 "They
said to him, 'Lord, he has ten minas!'
Luk 19:26 'For I tell
you that to everyone who has, will more be given; but from him who
doesn't have, even that which he has will be taken away from him.
Luk 19:27 But bring
those enemies of mine who didn't want me to reign over them here, and
kill them before me.' "
Luk 19:28 Having said
these things, he went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem.
Luk 19:29 It happened,
when he drew near to Bethsphage and Bethany, at the mountain that is
called Olivet, he sent two of his disciples,
Luk 19:30 saying, "Go
your way into the village on the other side, in which, as you enter,
you will find a colt tied, whereon no man ever yet sat. Untie it, and
bring it.
Luk 19:31 If anyone
asks you, 'Why are you untying it?' say to him: 'The Lord needs it.'
"
Luk 19:32 Those who
were sent went away, and found things just as he had told them.
Luk 19:33 As they were
untying the colt, its owners said to them, "Why are you untying
the colt?"
Luk 19:34 They said,
"The Lord needs it."
Luk 19:35 They brought
it to Jesus. They threw their cloaks on the colt, and set Jesus on
them.
Luk 19:36 As he went,
they spread their cloaks in the way.
Luk 19:37 As he was now
getting near, at the descent of the Mount of Olives, the whole
multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a
loud voice for all the mighty works which they had seen,
Luk 19:38 saying,
"Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord! Peace in
heaven, and glory in the highest!"
Luk 19:39 Some of the
Pharisees from the multitude said to him, "Teacher, rebuke your
disciples!"
Luk 19:40 He answered
them, "I tell you that if these were silent, the stones would
cry out."
Luk 19:41 When he drew
near, he saw the city and wept over it,
Luk 19:42 saying, "If
you, even you, had known today the things which belong to your peace!
But now, they are hidden from your eyes.
Luk 19:43 For the days
will come on you, when your enemies will throw up a barricade against
you, surround you, hem you in on every side,
Luk 19:44 and will dash
you and your children within you to the ground. They will not leave
in you one stone on another, because you didn't know the time of your
visitation."
Luk 19:45 He entered
into the temple, and began to drive out those who bought and sold in
it,
Luk 19:46 saying to
them, "It is written, 'My house is a house of prayer,' but you
have made it a 'den of robbers'!"
Luk 19:47 He was
teaching daily in the temple, but the chief priests and the scribes
and the leading men among the people sought to destroy him.
Luk 19:48 They couldn't
find what they might do, for all the people hung on to every word
that he said.