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19 Jesús kom til Jeríkó og gekk gegnum borgina.

En þar var maður, er Sakkeus hét. Hann var yfirtollheimtumaður og auðugur.

Langaði hann að sjá, hver Jesús væri, en tókst það ekki fyrir mannfjöldanum, því hann var lítill vexti.

Hann hljóp þá á undan og klifraði upp í mórberjatré til að sjá Jesú, en leið hans lá þar hjá.

Og er Jesús kom þar að, leit hann upp og sagði við hann: "Sakkeus, flýt þér ofan, í dag ber mér að vera í húsi þínu."

Hann flýtti sér ofan og tók á móti honum glaður.

Þeir er sáu þetta, létu allir illa við og sögðu: "Hann fer til að gista hjá bersyndugum manni."

En Sakkeus sté fram og sagði við Drottin: "Herra, helming eigna minna gef ég fátækum, og hafi ég haft nokkuð af nokkrum, gef ég honum ferfalt aftur."

Jesús sagði þá við hann: "Í dag hefur hjálpræði hlotnast húsi þessu, enda er þessi maður líka Abrahams sonur.

10 Því að Mannssonurinn er kominn að leita að hinu týnda og frelsa það."

11 Meðan þeir hlýddu á, bætti hann við dæmisögu, því að hann var í nánd við Jerúsalem, og þeir ætluðu, að Guðs ríki mundi þegar birtast.

12 Hann sagði: "Maður nokkur tiginborinn fór í fjarlægt land til þess að taka við konungdómi og koma síðan aftur.

13 Hann kallaði tíu þjóna sína, seldi þeim í hendur tíu pund og sagði við þá: ,Verslið með þetta, þangað til ég kem.`

14 En landar hans hötuðu hann og gerðu sendimann á eftir honum til að segja: ,Vér viljum ekki, að þessi maður verði konungur yfir oss.`

15 Nú kom hann aftur og hafði tekið konungdóm. Þá lét hann kalla fyrir sig þjóna þá er hann hafði selt féð í hendur, til þess að vita, hvað hver hefði grætt.

16 Hinn fyrsti kom og sagði: ,Herra, pund þitt hefur ávaxtast um tíu pund.`

17 Konungur sagði við hann: ,Gott, þú góði þjónn, þú varst trúr í mjög litlu og því skaltu ráða fyrir tíu borgum.`

18 Annar kom og sagði: ,Pund þitt, herra, hefur gefið af sér fimm pund.`

19 Hann sagði eins við hann: ,Þú skalt og vera yfir fimm borgum.`

20 Enn kom einn og sagði: ,Herra, hér er pund þitt. Ég hef haft það geymt í dúki,

21 því að ég var hræddur við þig, en þú ert maður strangur og tekur það út, sem þú lagðir ekki inn, og uppsker það, sem þú sáðir ekki.`

22 Hann segir við hann: ,Illi þjónn, eftir orðum þínum dæmi ég þig. Þú vissir, að ég er maður strangur, sem tek það út, sem ég lagði ekki inn, og uppsker það, sem ég sáði ekki.

23 Hvers vegna léstu þá ekki fé mitt í banka? Þá hefði ég fengið það með vöxtum, er ég kom heim.`

24 Og hann sagði við þá er hjá voru: ,Takið af honum pundið, og fáið þeim, sem hefur tíu pundin.`

25 En þeir sögðu við hann: ,Herra, hann hefur tíu pund.`

26 Ég segi yður: Hverjum sem hefur, mun gefið verða, og frá þeim sem eigi hefur, mun tekið verða jafnvel það, sem hann hefur.

27 En þessa óvini mína, sem vildu ekki að ég yrði konungur yfir sér, færið þá hingað og höggvið þá frammi fyrir mér."

28 Þá er Jesús hafði þetta mælt, hélt hann á undan áfram upp til Jerúsalem.

29 Þegar hann nálgaðist Betfage og Betaníu við Olíufjallið, sem svo er nefnt, sendi hann tvo lærisveina sína

30 og mælti: "Farið í þorpið hér fram undan. Þegar þið komið þangað, munuð þið finna fola bundinn, sem enginn hefur enn komið á bak. Leysið hann og komið með hann.

31 Ef einhver spyr ykkur: ,Hvers vegna leysið þið hann?` þá svarið svo: ,Herrann þarf hans við`."

32 Þeir sem sendir voru, fóru og fundu svo sem hann hafði sagt þeim.

33 Og er þeir leystu folann, sögðu eigendur hans við þá: "Hvers vegna leysið þið folann?"

34 Þeir svöruðu: "Herrann þarf hans við,"

35 og fóru síðan með hann til Jesú. Þeir lögðu klæði sín á folann og settu Jesú á bak.

36 En þar sem hann fór, breiddu menn klæði sín á veginn.

37 Þegar hann var að koma þar að, sem farið er ofan af Olíufjallinu, hóf allur flokkur lærisveina hans að lofa Guð fagnandi hárri raustu fyrir öll þau kraftaverk, er þeir höfðu séð,

38 og segja: "Blessaður sé sá sem kemur, konungurinn, í nafni Drottins. Friður á himni og dýrð í upphæðum!"

39 Nokkrir farísear í mannfjöldanum sögðu við hann: "Meistari, hasta þú á lærisveina þína."

40 Hann svaraði: "Ég segi yður, ef þeir þegja, munu steinarnir hrópa."

41 Og er hann kom nær og sá borgina, grét hann yfir henni

42 og sagði: "Ef þú hefðir aðeins vitað á þessum degi, hvað til friðar heyrir! En nú er það hulið sjónum þínum.

43 Því að þeir dagar munu koma yfir þig, að óvinir þínir munu gjöra virki um þig, setjast um þig og þröngva þér á alla vegu.

44 Þeir munu leggja þig að velli og börn þín, sem í þér eru, og ekki láta standa stein yfir steini í þér, vegna þess að þú þekktir ekki þinn vitjunartíma."

45 Þá gekk hann inn í helgidóminn og tók að reka út þá er voru að selja

46 og mælti við þá: "Ritað er: Hús mitt á að vera bænahús, en þér hafið gjört það að ræningjabæli."

47 Daglega var hann að kenna í helgidóminum, en æðstu prestarnir og fræðimennirnir svo og fyrirmenn þjóðarinnar leituðust við að ráða hann af dögum,

48 en fundu eigi, hvað gjöra skyldi, því að allur lýðurinn vildi ákaft hlýða á hann.

Zacchaeus the Tax Collector

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

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

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

But 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)

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

The Parable of the Ten Minas(J)

11 While 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) 12 He said: “A man of noble birth went to a distant country to have himself appointed king and then to return. 13 So 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. 21 I 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) 23 Why 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) 27 But 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)

28 After Jesus had said this, he went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem.(V) 29 As 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. 31 If anyone asks you, ‘Why are you untying it?’ say, ‘The Lord needs it.’”

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

34 They replied, “The Lord needs it.”

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

37 When 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)

39 Some 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)

41 As he approached Jerusalem and saw the city, he wept over it(AF) 42 and said, “If you, even you, had only known on this day what would bring you peace—but now it is hidden from your eyes. 43 The 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) 44 They 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)

45 When 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)

47 Every 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) 48 Yet they could not find any way to do it, because all the people hung on his words.

Footnotes

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

19 And Jesus entered and passed through Jericho.

And, behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus, which was the chief among the publicans, and he was rich.

And he sought to see Jesus who he was; and could not for the press, because he was little of stature.

And he ran before, and climbed up into a sycomore tree to see him: for he was to pass that way.

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

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

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

And 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.

And Jesus said unto him, This day is salvation come to this house, forsomuch 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 spake a parable, because he was nigh to Jerusalem, and because they thought that the kingdom of God should immediately appear.

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

13 And he called his ten servants, and delivered them ten pounds, and said unto them, Occupy till I come.

14 But his citizens hated him, and sent a message 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 servants to be called unto him, to whom he had given the money, that he might know how much every man had gained by trading.

16 Then came the first, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained ten pounds.

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

18 And the second came, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained five pounds.

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

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

21 For I feared thee, because thou art an austere man: thou takest up that thou layedst not down, and reapest that thou didst not sow.

22 And he saith unto him, Out of thine own mouth will I judge thee, thou wicked servant. Thou knewest that I was an austere man, taking up that I laid not down, and reaping that I did not sow:

23 Wherefore then gavest not thou my money into the bank, that at my coming I might have required mine own with usury?

24 And he said unto them that stood by, Take from him the pound, and give it to him that hath ten pounds.

25 (And they said unto him, Lord, he hath ten pounds.)

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

27 But those mine enemies, which would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me.

28 And when he had thus spoken, he went before, ascending up to Jerusalem.

29 And it came to pass, when he was come nigh to Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount called the mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples,

30 Saying, Go ye into the village over against you; in the which at your entering ye shall find a colt tied, whereon yet never man sat: loose him, and bring him hither.

31 And if any man ask you, Why do ye loose him? thus shall ye say unto him, Because the Lord hath need of him.

32 And they that were sent went their way, and found even as he had said unto them.

33 And as they were loosing the colt, the owners thereof said unto them, Why loose ye the colt?

34 And they said, The Lord hath need of him.

35 And they brought him to Jesus: and they cast their garments upon the colt, and they set Jesus thereon.

36 And as he went, they spread their clothes in the way.

37 And when he was come nigh, even now 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 mighty works that they had seen;

38 Saying, Blessed be the King that cometh in the name of the Lord: peace in heaven, and glory in the highest.

39 And some of the Pharisees from among the multitude said unto him, Master, rebuke thy disciples.

40 And he answered and said unto them, I tell you that, if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out.

41 And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it,

42 Saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace! but now they are hid from thine eyes.

43 For the days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side,

44 And shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.

45 And he went into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold therein, and them that bought;

46 Saying unto them, It is written, My house is the house of prayer: but ye have made it a den of thieves.

47 And he taught daily in the temple. But the chief priests and the scribes and the chief of the people sought to destroy him,

48 And could not find what they might do: for all the people were very attentive to hear him.