New Testament in a Year

19 ¶ And Jesus, having entered, was passing through Jericho;

² and, behold, a man named Zacchaeus, who was the chief among the publicans, and he was rich.

³ And he sought to see who Jesus was and could not for the crowd because he was small of stature.

⁴ And running ahead, he climbed up into a sycamore tree to see him, for he was to pass that way.

⁵ And when Jesus came to the place, he looked up and saw him and said unto him, Zacchaeus, make haste and come down; for today I must abide at thy house.

⁶ And he made haste and came down and received him joyfully.

⁷ And when they saw it, they all murmured, saying, That he was gone to be guest with a man that is a sinner.

⁸ Then Zacchaeus stood and said unto the Lord; Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have taken any thing from any man by false accusation, I restore him fourfold.

⁹ And Jesus said unto him, This day saving health is come to this house, inasmuch as he also is a son of Abraham.

¹⁰ For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.

¹¹ ¶ And as they heard these things, he added and spoke a parable because he was near to Jerusalem and because they thought that the kingdom of God should immediately be manifested.

¹² He said therefore, A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return.

¹³ And having called ten of his slaves, he delivered them ten minas and said unto them, Trade until I come.

¹⁴ But his citizens hated him and sent an embassy after him, saying, We will not have this man to reign over us.

¹⁵ And it came to pass that when he was returned, having received the kingdom, then he commanded these slaves to be called unto him, to whom he had given the money, that he might know how much each one had gained by trading.

¹⁶ Then came the first, saying, Lord, thy mina has gained ten minas.

¹⁷ And he said unto him, Well done, thou good slave; because thou hast been faithful in a very little, thou shalt have authority over ten cities.

¹⁸ And the second came, saying, Lord, thy mina has made five minas.

¹⁹ And he said likewise to him, Be thou also over five cities.

²⁰ And another came, saying, Lord, behold, here is thy mina, which I have kept laid up in a napkin,

²¹ for I feared thee because thou art an austere man: thou takest up that which thou didst not lay down and dost reap that which thou didst not sow.

²² Then he said unto him, Out of thine own mouth I will judge thee, thou wicked slave. Thou knewest that I was an austere man, taking up that which I did not lay down, and reaping that which I did not sow;

²³ why then didst thou not give my money into the bank, that at my coming I might have required my own with interest?

²⁴ And he said unto those that stood by, Take from him the mina and give it to him that has the ten minas.

²⁵ (And they said unto him, Lord, he has ten minas.)

²⁶ For I say unto you, That unto every one who has shall be given; and from him that has not, even that which he has shall be taken away from him.

²⁷ Moreover, those enemies of mine, who were unwilling that I should reign over them, bring them here and slay them before me.