Berean Standard Bible
- 1 Then Jesus entered Jericho and was passing through.
- 2 And there was a man named Zacchaeus, a chief tax collector, who was very wealthy.
- 3 He was trying to see who Jesus was, but could not see over the crowd because he was small in stature.
- 4 So he ran on ahead and climbed a sycamore tree to see Him, since Jesus was about to pass that way.
- 5 When Jesus came to that place, He looked up and said, "Zacchaeus, hurry down, for I must stay at your house today."
- 6 So Zacchaeus hurried down and welcomed Him joyfully.
- 7 And all who saw this began to grumble, saying, "He has gone to be the guest of a sinful man!"
- 8 But Zacchaeus stood up and said to the Lord, "Look, Lord, half of my possessions I give to the poor, and if I have cheated anyone, I will repay it fourfold."
- 9 Jesus said to him, "Today salvation has come to this house, because this man too is a son of Abraham.
- 10 For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost."
- 11 While the people were listening to this, Jesus proceeded to tell them a parable, because He was near Jerusalem and they thought the kingdom of God would appear imminently.
- 12 So He said, "A man of noble birth went to a distant country to lay claim to his kingship and then return.
- 13 Beforehand, he called ten of his servants and gave them ten minas. 'Conduct business with this until I return,' he said.
- 14 But his subjects hated him and sent a delegation after him to say, 'We do not want this man to rule over us.'
- 15 When he returned from procuring his kingship, he summoned the servants to whom he had given the money, to find out what each one had earned.
- 16 The first servant came forward and said, 'Master, your mina has produced ten more minas.'
- 17 His master replied, 'Well done, good servant! Because you have been faithful in a very small matter, you shall have authority over ten cities.'
- 18 The second servant came and said, 'Master, your mina has made five minas.'
- 19 And to this one he said, 'You shall have authority over five cities.'
- 20 Then another servant came and said, 'Master, here is your mina, which I have laid away in a piece of cloth.
- 21 For I was afraid of you, because you are a harsh man. You withdraw what you did not deposit and reap what you did not sow.'
- 22 His master replied, 'You wicked servant, I will judge you by your own words. So you knew that I am a harsh man, withdrawing what I did not deposit and reaping what I did not sow?
- 23 Why then did you not deposit my money in the bank, and upon my return I could have collected it with interest?'
- 24 Then he told those standing by, 'Take the mina from him and give it to the one who has ten minas.'
- 25 'Master,' they said, 'he already has ten!'
- 26 He replied, 'I tell you that everyone who has will be given more; but the one who does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.
- 27 And these enemies of mine who were unwilling for me to rule over them, bring them here and slay them in front of me.'"
- 28 After Jesus had said this, He went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem.
- 29 As He approached Bethphage and Bethany at the Mount of Olives, He sent out two of His disciples,
- 30 saying, "Go into the village ahead of you, and as you enter it, you will find a colt tied there, on which no one has ever sat. Untie it and bring it here.
- 31 If anyone asks, 'Why are you untying it?' tell him, 'The Lord needs it.'"
- 32 So those who were sent went out and found it just as Jesus had told them.
- 33 As they were untying the colt, its owners asked, "Why are you untying the colt?"
- 34 "The Lord needs it," they answered.
- 35 Then they led the colt to Jesus, threw their cloaks over it, and put Jesus on it.
- 36 As He rode along, the people spread their cloaks on the road.
- 37 And as He approached the descent from the Mount of Olives, the whole multitude of disciples began to praise God joyfully in a loud voice for all the miracles they had seen:
- 38 "Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord!" "Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!"
- 39 But some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to Him, "Teacher, rebuke Your disciples!"
- 40 "I tell you," He answered, "if they remain silent, the very stones will cry out."
- 41 As Jesus approached Jerusalem and saw the city, He wept over it
- 42 and said, "If only you had known on this day what would bring you peace! But now it is hidden from your eyes.
- 43 For the days will come upon you when your enemies will barricade you and surround you and hem you in on every side.
- 44 They will level you to the ground-you and the children within your walls. They will not leave one stone on another, because you did not recognize the time of your visitation from God."
- 45 Then Jesus entered the temple courts and began to drive out those who were selling there.
- 46 He declared to them, "It is written: 'My house will be a house of prayer.' But you have made it 'a den of robbers.'"
- 47 Jesus was teaching at the temple every day, but the chief priests, scribes, and leaders of the people were intent on killing Him.
- 48 Yet they could not find a way to do so, because all the people hung on His words.
