Jesus and Zacchaeus

19 Jesus entered and passed through Jericho. ² A man was there named Zacchaeus who was a chief tax collector, and he was rich. ³ He tried to see who Jesus was, but was not able from the crowd, because he was little in stature. ⁴ So he ran ahead and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see Him, for He was to pass that way.

⁵ When Jesus came to the vicinity, He looked up and saw him, and said to him, “Zacchaeus, hurry and come down, for today I must remain at your house.” ⁶ So he hurried and came down, and received Him joyfully.

⁷ When they saw it, they all murmured, saying, “He has gone to be the guest of a man who is a sinner.”

⁸ But Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, “Look, Lord, I give half of my possessions to the poor. And if I have taken anything from anyone by false accusation, I will repay him four times as much.”

⁹ Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, because he also is a son of Abraham. ¹⁰ For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost.”

The Parable of the Ten Pounds^(A)

¹¹ As they heard these things, He continued and told them a parable, because He was near Jerusalem and because they thought the kingdom of God would immediately appear. ¹² Therefore He said, “A nobleman went to a distant country to receive a kingdom and to return. ¹³ So he called his ten servants and entrusted to them ten pounds^[a] and said to them, ‘Trade until I come.’

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, having received the kingdom, he summoned these servants, to whom he had entrusted the money, that he might know what everyone gained by trading.

¹⁶ “The first came, saying, ‘Master, your pound has made ten pounds more.’

¹⁷ “He said to him, ‘Well done, good servant! Because you have been faithful in very little, take authority over ten cities.’

¹⁸ “The second came, saying, ‘Master, your pound has made five pounds more.’

¹⁹ “He said in like manner to him, ‘You, take authority over five cities.’

²⁰ “Then another came, saying, ‘Master, look, here is your pound, which I have kept put away in a napkin. ²¹ For I feared you, because you are an exacting man. You collect what you did not deposit, and reap what you did not sow.’

²² “He said to him, ‘Out of your own mouth will I judge you, you wicked servant. You knew that I was an exacting man, collecting what I did not deposit and reaping what I did not sow. ²³ Why then did you not deposit my money in the bank, so that at my coming I might have collected it with interest?’

²⁴ “Then he said to those who stood by, ‘Take the pound from him and give it to him who has ten pounds.’

²⁵ “They said to him, ‘Master, he has ten pounds.’

²⁶ “ ‘I tell you that to everyone who has will be given. But from him who has not, even what he has will be taken away from him. ²⁷ But as for those enemies of mine, who would not let me reign over them, bring them here and slay them before me.’ ”

The Triumphant Entry in Jerusalem^(B)

²⁸ When He had said this, He went before them, ascending up to Jerusalem. ²⁹ When He came near to Bethphage and Bethany, at the mountain called the Mount of Olives, He sent two of His disciples, ³⁰ saying, “Go over into the village opposite you, where, as you enter, you will find a colt tied, on which no one has ever yet sat. Untie it and bring it here. ³¹ If anyone asks you, ‘Why are you untying it?’ you shall say to him, ‘Because the Lord has need of it.’ ”

³² Those who were sent went 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 garments on the colt, and they set Jesus on it. ³⁶ As He went, they spread their clothes in the street.

³⁷ When He was coming near the descent of the Mount of Olives, the whole crowd of the disciples began to rejoice and praise God with loud voices for all the mighty works that they had seen, ³⁸ saying:

³⁹ Some of the Pharisees from the crowd said to Him, “Teacher, rebuke Your disciples.”

⁴⁰ He answered them, “I tell you, if these should be silent, the stones would immediately cry out.”

⁴¹ When He came near, He beheld the city and wept over it, ⁴² saying, “If you, even you, had known even today what things would bring you peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes. ⁴³ For the days will come upon you when your enemies will build an embankment around you and surround you, and press you in on every side. ⁴⁴ They will dash you, and your children within you, to the ground. They will not leave one stone upon another within you, because you did not know the time of your visitation.”

The Cleansing of the Temple^(C)

⁴⁵ Then He entered the temple and began to drive out those who sold and bought in it, ⁴⁶ saying to them, “It is written, ‘My house will be a house of prayer,’^[c] but you have made it ‘a den of thieves.’^[d]”

⁴⁷ He taught daily in the temple. But the chief priests, the scribes, and the leaders of the people tried to kill Him. ⁴⁸ Yet they could not find a way to do it, for all the people were very attentive to hear Him.

The Mission of the Seventy

10 After this the Lord appointed seventy others, and sent them two by two ahead of Him into every city and place where He Himself was about to come. ² He said to them, “The harvest truly is plentiful, but the laborers are few. Pray therefore the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest. ³ Go your ways. Listen, I am sending you out as lambs among wolves. ⁴ Carry no purse, no bag, no shoes, and greet no one on the road.

⁵ “When you enter a house, first say, ‘Peace be to this house.’ ⁶ If a son of peace is there, your peace will rest upon him; but if not, it will return upon you. ⁷ Remain in the same house, eating and drinking what they give, for the laborer is worthy of his hire. Do not go from house to house.

⁸ “When you enter a city and they receive you, eat what is set before you. ⁹ Heal the sick who are there and say to them, ‘The kingdom of God has come near to you.’ ¹⁰ But when you enter a city and they do not receive you, go your way out into their streets and say, ¹¹ ‘Even the dust of your city which clings to us, we wipe off against you. Yet be sure of this, that the kingdom of God has come near to you.’ ¹² But I say to you, it will be more tolerable on that Day for Sodom than for that city.

Unrepentant Cities^(A)

¹³ “Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon which have been done for you, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes. ¹⁴ But it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the judgment than for you. ¹⁵ And you, Capernaum, will you be exalted to heaven? You will be thrust down to hell.

¹⁶ “He who listens to you listens to Me, he who rejects you rejects Me, and he who rejects Me rejects Him who sent Me.”

The Return of the Seventy

¹⁷ The seventy returned with joy, saying, “Lord, even the demons are subject to us through Your name.”

¹⁸ He said to them, “I saw Satan as lightning fall from heaven. ¹⁹ Look, I give you authority to trample on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy. And nothing shall by any means hurt you. ²⁰ Nevertheless do not rejoice that the spirits are subject to you, but rather rejoice that your names are written in heaven.”

The Rejoicing of Jesus^(B)

²¹ At that time Jesus rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and said, “I thank You, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because You have hidden these things from the wise and intelligent and revealed them to infants. Yes, Father, for it was Your good pleasure.

²² “All things have been handed over to Me by My Father. And no one knows who the Son is but the Father, and who the Father is but the Son and he to whom the Son desires to reveal Him.”

²³ Then He turned to His disciples and said privately, “Blessed are the eyes which see what you see. ²⁴ For I tell you, many prophets and kings have desired to see what you see, and have not seen it, and to hear what you hear, and have not heard it.”

The Good Samaritan

²⁵ Now, a lawyer stood up and tested Him, saying, “Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?”

²⁶ He said to him, “What is written in the law? How do you read?”

²⁷ He answered, “ ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind’^[a] and ‘your neighbor as yourself.’^[b]”

²⁸ He said to him, “You have answered correctly. Do this, and you will live.”

²⁹ But he, desiring to justify himself, said to Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”

³⁰ Jesus answered, “A man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho and fell among thieves, who stripped him of his clothing and wounded him and departed, leaving him half dead. ³¹ By chance a priest came down that way. And when he saw him, he passed by on the other side. ³² So likewise a Levite, when he came to that place, looked at him and passed by on the other side. ³³ But a Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was. And when he saw him, he had compassion on him, ³⁴ and went to him and bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine. Then he set him on his own donkey and brought him to an inn, and took care of him. ³⁵ The next day when he departed, he took out two denarii^[c] and gave them to the innkeeper and said to him, ‘Take care of him. I will repay you whatever else you spend when I return.’

³⁶ “Now which of these three do you think was a neighbor to him who fell among the thieves?”

³⁷ He said, “The one who showed mercy on him.”

Then Jesus said to him, “Go and do likewise.”

Visiting Martha and Mary

³⁸ As they went, He entered a village. And a woman named Martha welcomed Him into her house. ³⁹ She had a sister called Mary, who also sat at Jesus’ feet and listened to His teaching. ⁴⁰ But Martha was distracted with much serving, and she came to Him and said, “Lord, do You not care that my sister has left me to serve alone? Then tell her to help me.”

⁴¹ Jesus answered her, “Martha, Martha, you are anxious and troubled about many things. ⁴² But one thing is needed. And Mary has chosen the good part, which shall not be taken from her.”