¹Then he entered Jericho and went through it. ²And there was a man by the name of Zacchaeus, and he was a senior tax collector, and this man was rich, ³and he was trying to see who Jesus was, but he could not for the crowd because he was short in stature. ⁴So he ran on ahead and climbed up a fig-mulberry tree in order to see him, because it was by that way that he was going to cross through. ⁵And when he came to the place, Jesus looked up and saw him and said to him, “Zacchaeus, hurry up and come down, for today I must stay in your house.” ⁶So he came down hastily, and he received him in his house, rejoicing, ⁷but when they all saw it, they muttered among themselves, and they said, “He has gone in to lodge with a sinful man.” ⁸Meanwhile Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, “Look, I am giving half my possessions to the poor, Lord, and if I have extorted anything from anyone, I will repay it four times over.” ⁹Then Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, for he also is a son of Abraham. ¹⁰For the son of man came to seek and save what has got lost.” ¹¹As they heard these things, he again told a parable, because of him being close to Jerusalem, and of them thinking that the kingdom of God was immediately going to manifest itself prominently. ¹²So he said, “A certain nobleman went to a distant land to receive a kingdom for himself and to return. ¹³And he called ten of his own servants and gave them ten minas and said to them, ‘Do business until I come.’ ¹⁴But his citizens hated him, and they sent a delegation after him, who said, ‘We do not want this man to reign over us.’ ¹⁵And it came to pass when he returned, having received the kingdom, that he ordered these servants to whom he had given the money to be called to him, in order to find out who had gained what in doing business. ¹⁶So the first came and said, ‘Master, your mina has made a profit of ten minas.’ ¹⁷At this he said to him, ‘Well done, you good servant, for you were faithful in a very small matter. Have authority over ten cities.’ ¹⁸Then the second came and said, ‘Master, your mina has made five minas.’ ¹⁹And he said to this one likewise, ‘You too be in charge of five cities.’ ²⁰Then the other one came and said, ‘Master, here is your mina, which I kept hidden in a sweat-band. ²¹For I was afraid of you, for you are a harsh man. You take what you did not put there, and you reap what you did not sow.’ ²²So he said to him, ‘I will judge you from your own mouth, you bad servant. You knew that I was a harsh man, taking what I did not put there, and reaping what I did not sow. ²³So why did you not invest my money at a bank, so that when I came, I would have availed myself of it with interest?’ ²⁴Furthermore he said to those standing around, ‘Take the mina from him, and give it to the one who has ten minas.’ ²⁵(But they said to him, ‘Master, he has ten minas.’) ²⁶‘For I say to you that to everyone who has something, more will be given, but from him who does not have anything, even what he has will be taken away from him. ²⁷However, bring those enemies of mine here – those who did not want me to reign over them – and execute them before me.’ ” ²⁸Then when he had spoken these things, he went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem. ²⁹And it came to pass as he approached Bethsphagé and Bethany at the mount called the Mount of Olives, that he sent off two of his disciples, ³⁰and he said, “Go off to the village opposite, in which as you go in, you will find a tethered foal, on which no man has ever sat. Untie it and bring it. ³¹And if anyone asks you, ‘Why are you untying it?’ you will say the following to him: ‘The Lord needs it.’ ” ³²Then those who had been sent off went off and found it as he had told them. ³³And as they untied the foal, its owners said to them, “Why are you untying the foal?” ³⁴At this they said, “The Lord needs it.” ³⁵So they led it to Jesus, and they slung their own clothes onto the foal and mounted Jesus on it. ³⁶As he rode, they strewed their clothes in the way. ³⁷And as he was by now approaching the descent down the Mount of Olives, the whole company of the disciples started rejoicing and praising God in a loud voice for all the deeds of power which they had seen, ³⁸saying,

Peace in heaven and glory in the highest realms.”

³⁹Then some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to him, “Teacher, rebuke your disciples.” ⁴⁰But he answered and said to them, “I tell you that if these go quiet, the stones will cry out.” ⁴¹And as he approached and saw the city, he wept over it, ⁴²and he said, “If only you had known, and of all times on this day of yours, the things pertaining to your peace. But as it is, they are hidden from your eyes, ⁴³because the days will come upon you when your enemies will throw up a rampart round you, and they will surround you and enclose you from all sides. ⁴⁴And they will dash you and your children in you to the ground, and they will not leave stone on stone in you, because you did not know the occasion of your visitation.” ⁴⁵Then when he had gone into the temple, he went on to throw out those who sold things in it, and those who bought them, ⁴⁶saying to them, “It stands written: ⁴⁷And he taught in the temple each day, but the senior priests and the scribes were looking for a way to dispose of him, as were the leading men of the people, ⁴⁸but they did not find anything they could do, for all the people were completely enraptured listening to him.

Reference(s) in Chapter 19: v.38 ↔ Psalm 118:26 ● v.46 ↔ Isaiah 56:7, Jeremiah 7:11.