Luke 19

New International Version

Zacchaeus the Tax Collector

19 Jesus entered Jericho^(A) and was passing through. ²A man was there by the name of Zacchaeus; he was a chief tax collector and was wealthy. ³He wanted to see who Jesus was, but because he was short he could not see over the crowd. ⁴So he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore-fig^(B) tree to see him, since Jesus was coming that way.^(C)

⁵When Jesus reached the spot, he looked up and said to him, “Zacchaeus, come down immediately. I must stay at your house today.” ⁶So he came down at once and welcomed him gladly.

⁷All the people saw this and began to mutter, “He has gone to be the guest of a sinner.”^(D)

⁸But Zacchaeus stood up and said to the Lord,^(E) “Look, Lord! Here and now I give half of my possessions to the poor, and if I have cheated anybody out of anything,^(F) I will pay back four times the amount.”^(G)

⁹Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, because this man, too, is a son of Abraham.^(H) ¹⁰For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”^(I)

The Parable of the Ten Minas^(J)

¹¹While they were listening to this, he went on to tell them a parable, because he was near Jerusalem and the people thought that the kingdom of God^(K) was going to appear at once.^(L) ¹²He said: “A man of noble birth went to a distant country to have himself appointed king and then to return. ¹³So he called ten of his servants^(M) and gave them ten minas.^[a] ‘Put this money to work,’ he said, ‘until I come back.’

¹⁴“But his subjects hated him and sent a delegation after him to say, ‘We don’t want this man to be our king.’

¹⁵“He was made king, however, and returned home. Then he sent for the servants to whom he had given the money, in order to find out what they had gained with it.

¹⁶“The first one came and said, ‘Sir, your mina has earned ten more.’

¹⁷“‘Well done, my good servant!’^(N) his master replied. ‘Because you have been trustworthy in a very small matter, take charge of ten cities.’^(O)

¹⁸“The second came and said, ‘Sir, your mina has earned five more.’

¹⁹“His master answered, ‘You take charge of five cities.’

²⁰“Then another servant came and said, ‘Sir, here is your mina; I have kept it laid away in a piece of cloth. ²¹I was afraid of you, because you are a hard man. You take out what you did not put in and reap what you did not sow.’^(P)

²²“His master replied, ‘I will judge you by your own words,^(Q) you wicked servant! You knew, did you, that I am a hard man, taking out what I did not put in, and reaping what I did not sow?^(R) ²³Why then didn’t you put my money on deposit, so that when I came back, I could have collected it with interest?’

²⁴“Then he said to those standing by, ‘Take his mina away from him and give it to the one who has ten minas.’

²⁵“‘Sir,’ they said, ‘he already has ten!’

²⁶“He replied, ‘I tell you that to everyone who has, more will be given, but as for the one who has nothing, even what they have will be taken away.^(S) ²⁷But those enemies of mine who did not want me to be king over them—bring them here and kill them in front of me.’”

Jesus Comes to Jerusalem as King^(T)^(U)

²⁸After Jesus had said this, he went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem.^(V) ²⁹As he approached Bethphage and Bethany^(W) at the hill called the Mount of Olives,^(X) he sent two of his disciples, saying to them, ³⁰“Go to the village ahead of you, and as you enter it, you will find a colt tied there, which no one has ever ridden. Untie it and bring it here. ³¹If anyone asks you, ‘Why are you untying it?’ say, ‘The Lord needs it.’”

³²Those who were sent ahead went and found it just as he had told them.^(Y) ³³As they were untying the colt, its owners asked them, “Why are you untying the colt?”

³⁴They replied, “The Lord needs it.”

³⁵They brought it to Jesus, threw their cloaks on the colt and put Jesus on it. ³⁶As he went along, people spread their cloaks^(Z) on the road.

³⁷When he came near the place where the road goes down the Mount of Olives,^(AA) the whole crowd of disciples began joyfully to praise God in loud voices for all the miracles they had seen:

³⁸“Blessed is the king who comes in the name of the Lord!”^[b]^(AB)

“Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!”^(AC)

³⁹Some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to Jesus, “Teacher, rebuke your disciples!”^(AD)

⁴⁰“I tell you,” he replied, “if they keep quiet, the stones will cry out.”^(AE)

⁴¹As he approached Jerusalem and saw the city, he wept over it^(AF) ⁴²and said, “If you, even you, had only known on this day what would bring you peace—but now it is hidden from your eyes. ⁴³The days will come upon you when your enemies will build an embankment against you and encircle you and hem you in on every side.^(AG) ⁴⁴They will dash you to the ground, you and the children within your walls.^(AH) They will not leave one stone on another,^(AI) because you did not recognize the time of God’s coming^(AJ) to you.”

Jesus at the Temple^(AK)

⁴⁵When Jesus entered the temple courts, he began to drive out those who were selling. ⁴⁶“It is written,” he said to them, “‘My house will be a house of prayer’^[c];^(AL) but you have made it ‘a den of robbers.’^[d]”^(AM)

⁴⁷Every day he was teaching at the temple.^(AN) But the chief priests, the teachers of the law and the leaders among the people were trying to kill him.^(AO) ⁴⁸Yet they could not find any way to do it, because all the people hung on his words.

Footnotes

Luke 19:13 A mina was about three months’ wages.
Luke 19:38 Psalm 118:26
Luke 19:46 Isaiah 56:7
Luke 19:46 Jer. 7:11

Job 5-7

New International Version

5 “Call if you will, but who will answer you?^(A)
    To which of the holy ones^(B) will you turn?
²Resentment^(C) kills a fool,
    and envy slays the simple.^(D)
³I myself have seen^(E) a fool taking root,^(F)
    but suddenly^(G) his house was cursed.^(H)
⁴His children^(I) are far from safety,^(J)
    crushed in court^(K) without a defender.^(L)
⁵The hungry consume his harvest,^(M)
    taking it even from among thorns,
    and the thirsty pant after his wealth.
⁶For hardship does not spring from the soil,
    nor does trouble sprout from the ground.^(N)
⁷Yet man is born to trouble^(O)
    as surely as sparks fly upward.

⁸“But if I were you, I would appeal to God;
    I would lay my cause before him.^(P)
⁹He performs wonders^(Q) that cannot be fathomed,^(R)
    miracles that cannot be counted.^(S)
¹⁰He provides rain for the earth;^(T)
    he sends water on the countryside.^(U)
¹¹The lowly he sets on high,^(V)
    and those who mourn^(W) are lifted^(X) to safety.
¹²He thwarts the plans^(Y) of the crafty,
    so that their hands achieve no success.^(Z)
¹³He catches the wise^(AA) in their craftiness,^(AB)
    and the schemes of the wily are swept away.^(AC)
¹⁴Darkness^(AD) comes upon them in the daytime;
    at noon they grope as in the night.^(AE)
¹⁵He saves the needy^(AF) from the sword in their mouth;
    he saves them from the clutches of the powerful.^(AG)
¹⁶So the poor^(AH) have hope,
    and injustice shuts its mouth.^(AI)

¹⁷“Blessed is the one whom God corrects;^(AJ)
    so do not despise the discipline^(AK) of the Almighty.^[a]^(AL)
¹⁸For he wounds, but he also binds up;^(AM)
    he injures, but his hands also heal.^(AN)
¹⁹From six calamities he will rescue^(AO) you;
    in seven no harm will touch you.^(AP)
²⁰In famine^(AQ) he will deliver you from death,
    and in battle from the stroke of the sword.^(AR)
²¹You will be protected from the lash of the tongue,^(AS)
    and need not fear^(AT) when destruction comes.^(AU)
²²You will laugh^(AV) at destruction and famine,^(AW)
    and need not fear the wild animals.^(AX)
²³For you will have a covenant^(AY) with the stones^(AZ) of the field,
    and the wild animals will be at peace with you.^(BA)
²⁴You will know that your tent is secure;^(BB)
    you will take stock of your property and find nothing missing.^(BC)
²⁵You will know that your children will be many,^(BD)
    and your descendants like the grass of the earth.^(BE)
²⁶You will come to the grave in full vigor,^(BF)
    like sheaves gathered in season.^(BG)

²⁷“We have examined this, and it is true.
So hear it^(BH) and apply it to yourself.”^(BI)

Job

6 Then Job replied:

²“If only my anguish could be weighed
    and all my misery be placed on the scales!^(BJ)
³It would surely outweigh the sand^(BK) of the seas—
    no wonder my words have been impetuous.^(BL)
⁴The arrows^(BM) of the Almighty^(BN) are in me,^(BO)
    my spirit drinks^(BP) in their poison;^(BQ)
    God’s terrors^(BR) are marshaled against me.^(BS)
⁵Does a wild donkey^(BT) bray^(BU) when it has grass,
    or an ox bellow when it has fodder?^(BV)
⁶Is tasteless food eaten without salt,
    or is there flavor in the sap of the mallow^[b]?^(BW)
⁷I refuse to touch it;
    such food makes me ill.^(BX)

⁸“Oh, that I might have my request,
    that God would grant what I hope for,^(BY)
⁹that God would be willing to crush^(BZ) me,
    to let loose his hand and cut off my life!^(CA)
¹⁰Then I would still have this consolation^(CB)—
    my joy in unrelenting pain^(CC)—
    that I had not denied the words^(CD) of the Holy One.^(CE)

¹¹“What strength do I have, that I should still hope?
    What prospects, that I should be patient?^(CF)
¹²Do I have the strength of stone?
    Is my flesh bronze?^(CG)
¹³Do I have any power to help myself,^(CH)
    now that success has been driven from me?

¹⁴“Anyone who withholds kindness from a friend^(CI)
    forsakes the fear of the Almighty.^(CJ)
¹⁵But my brothers are as undependable as intermittent streams,^(CK)
    as the streams that overflow
¹⁶when darkened by thawing ice
    and swollen with melting snow,^(CL)
¹⁷but that stop flowing in the dry season,
    and in the heat^(CM) vanish from their channels.
¹⁸Caravans turn aside from their routes;
    they go off into the wasteland and perish.
¹⁹The caravans of Tema^(CN) look for water,
    the traveling merchants of Sheba^(CO) look in hope.
²⁰They are distressed, because they had been confident;
    they arrive there, only to be disappointed.^(CP)
²¹Now you too have proved to be of no help;
    you see something dreadful and are afraid.^(CQ)
²²Have I ever said, ‘Give something on my behalf,
    pay a ransom^(CR) for me from your wealth,^(CS)
²³deliver me from the hand of the enemy,
    rescue me from the clutches of the ruthless’?^(CT)

²⁴“Teach me, and I will be quiet;^(CU)
    show me where I have been wrong.^(CV)
²⁵How painful are honest words!^(CW)
    But what do your arguments prove?
²⁶Do you mean to correct what I say,
    and treat my desperate words as wind?^(CX)
²⁷You would even cast lots^(CY) for the fatherless^(CZ)
    and barter away your friend.

²⁸“But now be so kind as to look at me.
    Would I lie to your face?^(DA)
²⁹Relent, do not be unjust;^(DB)
    reconsider, for my integrity^(DC) is at stake.^[c]^(DD)
³⁰Is there any wickedness on my lips?^(DE)
    Can my mouth not discern^(DF) malice?

7 “Do not mortals have hard service^(DG) on earth?^(DH)
    Are not their days like those of hired laborers?^(DI)
²Like a slave longing for the evening shadows,^(DJ)
    or a hired laborer waiting to be paid,^(DK)
³so I have been allotted months of futility,
    and nights of misery have been assigned to me.^(DL)
⁴When I lie down I think, ‘How long before I get up?’^(DM)
    The night drags on, and I toss and turn until dawn.^(DN)
⁵My body is clothed with worms^(DO) and scabs,
    my skin is broken and festering.^(DP)

⁶“My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle,^(DQ)
    and they come to an end without hope.^(DR)
⁷Remember, O God, that my life is but a breath;^(DS)
    my eyes will never see happiness again.^(DT)
⁸The eye that now sees me will see me no longer;
    you will look for me, but I will be no more.^(DU)
⁹As a cloud vanishes^(DV) and is gone,
    so one who goes down to the grave^(DW) does not return.^(DX)
¹⁰He will never come to his house again;
    his place^(DY) will know him no more.^(DZ)

¹¹“Therefore I will not keep silent;^(EA)
    I will speak out in the anguish^(EB) of my spirit,
    I will complain^(EC) in the bitterness of my soul.^(ED)
¹²Am I the sea,^(EE) or the monster of the deep,^(EF)
    that you put me under guard?^(EG)
¹³When I think my bed will comfort me
    and my couch will ease my complaint,^(EH)
¹⁴even then you frighten me with dreams
    and terrify^(EI) me with visions,^(EJ)
¹⁵so that I prefer strangling and death,^(EK)
    rather than this body of mine.^(EL)
¹⁶I despise my life;^(EM) I would not live forever.^(EN)
    Let me alone;^(EO) my days have no meaning.^(EP)

¹⁷“What is mankind that you make so much of them,
    that you give them so much attention,^(EQ)
¹⁸that you examine them every morning^(ER)
    and test them^(ES) every moment?^(ET)
¹⁹Will you never look away from me,^(EU)
    or let me alone even for an instant?^(EV)
²⁰If I have sinned, what have I done to you,^(EW)
    you who see everything we do?
Why have you made me your target?^(EX)
    Have I become a burden to you?^[d]^(EY)
²¹Why do you not pardon my offenses
    and forgive my sins?^(EZ)
For I will soon lie down in the dust;^(FA)
    you will search for me, but I will be no more.”^(FB)

Footnotes

Job 5:17 Hebrew Shaddai; here and throughout Job
Job 6:6 The meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.
Job 6:29 Or my righteousness still stands
Job 7:20 A few manuscripts of the Masoretic Text, an ancient Hebrew scribal tradition and Septuagint; most manuscripts of the Masoretic Text I have become a burden to myself.