Luke 19 : 1 (NLV)
Jesus went on to the city of Jericho and was passing through it.
Luke 19 : 2 (NLV)
There was a rich man named Zaccheus. He was a leader of those who gathered taxes.
Luke 19 : 3 (NLV)
Zaccheus wanted to see Jesus but he could not because so many people were there and he was a short man.
Luke 19 : 4 (NLV)
He ran ahead and got up into a sycamore tree to see Him. Jesus was going by that way.
Luke 19 : 5 (NLV)
When Jesus came to the place, He looked up and saw Zaccheus. He said, "Zaccheus, come down at once. I must stay in your house today."
Luke 19 : 6 (NLV)
At once he came down and was glad to have Jesus come to his house.
Luke 19 : 7 (NLV)
When the people saw it, they began to complain among themselves. They said, "He is going to stay with a man who is known to be a sinner."
Luke 19 : 8 (NLV)
Zaccheus stood up and said to the Lord, "Lord, see! Half of what I own I will give to poor people. And if I have taken money from anyone in a wrong way, I will pay him back four times as much."
Luke 19 : 9 (NLV)
Jesus said to him, "Today, a person has been saved in this house. This man is a Jew also.
Luke 19 : 10 (NLV)
For the Son of Man came to look for and to save from the punishment of sin those who are lost."
Luke 19 : 11 (NLV)
As they heard these things, Jesus told them a picture-story. Because He was near Jerusalem, they thought the holy nation of God would come at once.
Luke 19 : 12 (NLV)
So Jesus said, "A leader of a country went to another country far away. A nation was to be given to him, then he would return home.
Luke 19 : 13 (NLV)
He called ten of the servants he owned. He gave them ten pieces of money and said to them, 'Put this money to use until I return.'
Luke 19 : 14 (NLV)
But other men in his country hated him. They sent men after him to tell him they did not want him as their king.
Luke 19 : 15 (NLV)
After he had been given the other nation, he returned as king. He asked for his servants who had received the money to come to him. He wanted to know how much more they had after putting it to use.
Luke 19 : 16 (NLV)
The first one came and said, 'Lord, the piece of money you gave me has made ten more pieces of money.'
Luke 19 : 17 (NLV)
He said to him, 'You are a good servant. You have been faithful in using a little. Now you will be leader over ten cities.'
Luke 19 : 18 (NLV)
"The second man came to him and said, 'Lord, the piece of money you gave me has made five more pieces of money.'
Luke 19 : 19 (NLV)
He said to him, 'You are to be leader over five cities.'
Luke 19 : 20 (NLV)
"Another one came saying, 'Lord, look! Here is your piece of money. I have kept it hid in a piece of cloth.
Luke 19 : 21 (NLV)
I was afraid of you. You are a hard man. You take what you have not put down. You gather where you have not planted.'
Luke 19 : 22 (NLV)
The king said to him, 'By the words from your own mouth I must say that you are guilty. You are a sinful servant. You knew I was a hard man. You knew I take what I have not put down. You knew I gather where I have not planted.
Luke 19 : 23 (NLV)
Why did you not put my money in the bank? Then when I came back I could have had my own money and what the bank paid for using it.'
Luke 19 : 24 (NLV)
"Then he said to those who were standing by, 'Take the piece of money from him and give it to the one who has ten pieces of money.'
Luke 19 : 25 (NLV)
And they said to him, 'Lord, he already has ten pieces of money.' "
Luke 19 : 26 (NLV)
Jesus said, "I tell you, he who has, to him will be given more. To him who does not have, even the little he has will be taken from him.
Luke 19 : 27 (NLV)
'Bring here those who hated me and did not want me to be their king and kill them in front of me.' "
Luke 19 : 28 (NLV)
When He had finished the picture-story, He went on ahead of them up to Jerusalem.
Luke 19 : 29 (NLV)
When Jesus was coming near the towns of Bethphage and Bethany by the Mount of Olives, He sent two of His followers on ahead.
Luke 19 : 30 (NLV)
He said, "Go into the town ahead of you. There you will find a young donkey tied. No man has ever sat on it. Let it loose and bring it to Me.
Luke 19 : 31 (NLV)
If anyone asks you, 'Why are you letting it loose?' say to him, 'Because the Lord needs it.' "
Luke 19 : 32 (NLV)
Those who were sent found everything as Jesus had told them.
Luke 19 : 33 (NLV)
As they were letting the young donkey loose, the owners said to them, "Why are you letting the young donkey loose?"
Luke 19 : 34 (NLV)
They answered, "The Lord needs it."
Luke 19 : 35 (NLV)
Then they brought it to Jesus. They put their coats on the donkey and they put Jesus on it.
Luke 19 : 36 (NLV)
As Jesus was going, they put their coats down on the road.
Luke 19 : 37 (NLV)
Jesus was near the city and ready to go down the Mount of Olives. The many people who were following Him began to sing with loud voices and give thanks for all the powerful works they had seen.
Luke 19 : 38 (NLV)
They said, "Great and honored is the King Who comes in the name of the Lord. There is peace and greatness in the highest heaven."
Luke 19 : 39 (NLV)
Some of the proud religious lawkeepers who were in among the people said to Jesus, "Teacher, speak sharp words to Your followers."
Luke 19 : 40 (NLV)
Jesus said to them, "I tell you that if these did not speak, the very stones would call out."
Luke 19 : 41 (NLV)
When Jesus came near the city, He cried as He saw it.
Luke 19 : 42 (NLV)
He said, "If you had only known on this great day the things that make peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes.
Luke 19 : 43 (NLV)
The time is coming when those who hate you will dig earth and throw it up around you making a wall. They will shut you in from every side.
Luke 19 : 44 (NLV)
They will destroy you and your children with you. There will not be one stone on another. It is because you did not know when God visited you."
Luke 19 : 45 (NLV)
Jesus went into the house of God. He made those leave who were buying and selling there.
Luke 19 : 46 (NLV)
He said to them, "It is written, 'My house is a house of prayer.' 'But you have made it a place of robbers.' " (Isaiah 56:7; Jeremiah 7:11)
Luke 19 : 47 (NLV)
Jesus taught each day in the house of God. But the religious leaders and the teachers of the Law and other leaders of the people tried to think of some way they could kill Him.
Luke 19 : 48 (NLV)
They could not find a way because the people were always near Him listening to Him teach.
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