1Jesus entered Jericho and was passing through town. 2There was a man named Zacchaeus who was a chief tax collector, and he was rich. 3He was trying to see who Jesus was, and could not because of the crowd, for he was short. 4He ran on ahead and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see Jesus, who was [about] to pass that way. 5When Jesus came to the place, he looked up, saw Zacchaeus, and said to him, “Zacchaeus, hurry and come down, for today I must stay at your house!” 6He hurried, came down, and received Jesus with joy. 7But when the people saw it, they all grumbled, saying, “He has gone in to stay with a man who is a sinner!”
8Zacchaeus stood up and said to the Lord, “Behold, Lord, half of my goods I give to the poor. And if I have wrongfully obtained money from anyone, I restore four times as much!”
9Then Jesus said to him, “Today, salvation has come to this house, because he, too, is a son of Abraham. 10For the Son of Man came to seek and to save what was lost.”
The parable of the ten mina coins
11As the people heard these things, Jesus877 went on to tell [them] a parable because he was near Jerusalem, and they supposed that the Kingdom of God would be revealed immediately. 12He said therefore, “A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive a kingdom for himself, and then return. 13So he called ten of his slaves,878 gave them ten mina coins,879 and told them, ‘Do business [with these] until I come.’ 14But his subjects hated him, and they sent a delegation after him to say: ‘We do not want this man to reign over us.’
15It so happened that when he returned after receiving the kingdom, he commanded these slaves to whom he had given the money to be called to him, so that he might know what they had earned by conducting business. 16The first came before him, saying: ‘Lord, your mina has made ten more minas!’
17The king880 said to him, ‘Well done, you good slave! Because you were found faithful with very little, you shall have authority over ten cities.’
18The second came, saying: ‘Your mina, Lord, has made five minas!’
19And so, the king said to him, ‘And you are to be set over five cities.’ 20Another came, saying: ‘Lord, behold, [here is] your mina, which I kept laid away in a piece of cloth. 21I was afraid of you, because you are a strict man! You take up what you did not lay down, and you reap what you did not sow,881 and gather where you did not scatter.’
22The king said to him, ‘Out of your own mouth will I judge you, you wicked slave! You perceived882 that I was a severe man, taking up what I did not lay down, and reaping what I did not sow,883 and gathering where I did not scatter. 23Why then did you not place my money on deposit, and at my coming, I would have collected it with interest on it?’ 24He then said to those who stood by, ‘Take the mina away from him, and give it to the one who has the ten minas.’ 25At this, they said to the master,884 ‘Lord, he [already] has ten minas!’
26’For I tell you that to everyone who [already] has, more will be given; but from the one who does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him. 27As for those enemies of mine who did not want me to reign over them, bring them here and kill them before me.’”
The Entrance into Jerusalem
28Having said these things, Jesus went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem. 29And it so happened that when he approached Bethsphage885 and Bethany, at the mountain that is called Olivet, he sent two of his disciples, 30saying, “Go your way into the village on the other side. There, as you enter, you will find a colt tied up, on which no one has ever sat. Untie it, and bring it. 31If anyone asks you, ‘Why are you untying it?’ reply, ‘The Lord needs it!’”
32Those who were sent went away and found the colt standing886 just as Jesus887 had told them. 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, and having thrown their cloaks on the colt, they set Jesus on [it]. 36As he went, they [also] spread their cloaks in the way. 37As Jesus was now approaching, at the descent of the Mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the deeds of power which they had seen. 38[They were] saying, “Blessed is he who is coming, a King in the Name of the Lord!888 Peace in heaven, and glory in the highest!”
39And from the multitude, some of the Pharisees said to Jesus, “Teacher, rebuke your disciples!”
40But he answered them, “I tell you that if these were silent, the stones would cry out!”
The Lord weeps over Jerusalem
41As Jesus889 was drawing near, he saw the city and began to weep over it, 42saying, “If you, even you, had today recognized what is for your peace! But now those things890 are hidden from your eyes! 43For the days will come upon you when your enemies will throw up a fortification around you, surround you, and hem you in on every side. 44They will crush you and your children within you to the ground. They will not leave in you one stone [standing] on another, because you did not know the time of your visitation.”
The cleansing of the temple
45Then Jesus entered into the temple, and he began to drive out those who bought and sold in it, 46saying to them, “It is written that my house is a house of prayer,891 but you have made it a den of robbers!”892
47He was teaching every day in the temple, but the chief priests, the scribes and the leading men among the people were looking for a way to destroy him. 48However, they could not find a way to do so because all the people were captured by every word that he said.
By what authority
- Greek “he”
- Or “servants”
- 10 minas represented more than 3 years’ wages for an agricultural laborer.
- Greek “he”
- Other manuscripts omit “and gather where you did not scatter.”
- Or “knew”
- Other manuscripts omit “and gathering where you did not scatter.”
- Greek “him”
- CT and TR read “Bethpage” instead of “Bethsphage”
- Other manuscripts omit “the colt standing”
- Greek “he”
- Psalm 118:26/117 LXX
- Greek “he”
- Greek “they”
- Isaias 56:7
- Jeremiah 7:11
Text: The Eastern / Greek Orthodox Bible, New Testament (EOB). Used with permission.
