191 He entered Jericho and was passing through . 2 And there was a man called by the name of Zaccheus ; he was a chief tax collector and he was rich . 3 Zaccheus was trying to see who Jesus was, and was unable e because of the crowd , for he was small in stature . 4 So 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 When 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 And he hurried and came down and received Him gladly . 7 When they saw it, they all began to grumble , saying , "He has gone to be the guest of a man who is a sinner ." 8 Zaccheus 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 And Jesus said to him, "Today salvation has come to this house , because he, too , is a son of Abraham . 10 "For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost ."
11 While 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 So He said , " A nobleman e went to a distant country to receive a kingdom for himself , and then return . 13 "And he called ten of his slaves , and gave them ten minas and said to them, 'Do business with this until e I come back.' 14 "But his citizens hated him and sent a delegation after him, saying , 'We do not want this man to reign over us.' 15 "When 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 "The first appeared , saying , 'Master , your mina has made ten minas more .' 17 "And 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 "The second came , saying , 'Your mina , master , has made five minas .' 19 "And he said to him also , 'And you are to be over five cities .' 20 "Another came , saying , 'Master , here is your mina , which I kept put away in a handkerchief ; 21 for 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 "He 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 'Then why e did you not put my money in the bank , and having come , I would have collected it with interest ?' 24 "Then he said to the bystanders , 'Take the mina away from him and give it to the one who has the ten minas .' 25 "And 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 "But these enemies of mine , who did not want me to reign over them, bring them here and slay them in my presence ."
28 After He had said these things , He was going on ahead , going up to Jerusalem . 29 When He approached Bethphage and Bethany , near the mount that is called Olivet , He sent two of the disciples , 30 saying , "Go into the village ahead of you; there , as you enter , you will find a colt tied on which no one e yet has ever sat ; untie it and bring it here. 31 "If anyone asks you, 'Why e are you untying it?' you shall say , 'The Lord has need of it.' " 32 So those who were sent went away and found it just as He had told them. 33 As they were untying the colt , its owners said to them, "Why are you untying the colt ?" 34 They said , "The Lord has need of it." 35 They brought it to Jesus , and they threw their coats on the colt and put Jesus on it. 36 As He was going , they were spreading their coats on the road . 37 As 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 shouting : " 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 Him, "Teacher , rebuke Your disciples ." 40 But Jesus answered , "I tell you, if these become silent , the stones will cry out!"
41 When He approached Jerusalem, He saw the city and wept over it, 42 saying , "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 "For 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 and they will level you to the ground and your children within you, and they will not leave in you one stone upon another , because e you did not recognize the time of your visitation ."
45 Jesus entered the temple and began to drive out those who were selling , 46 saying to them, "It is written , ' AND MY HOUSE SHALL BE A HOUSE OF PRAYER ,' but you have made it a ROBBERS' DEN ." 47 And He was teaching daily e in the temple ; but the chief priests and the scribes and the leading men among the people were trying to destroy Him, 48 and they could not find anything that they might do , for all the people were hanging on to every word He said.
