1 He entered Jericho and was going through the town.
2 There was a man there named Zacchaeus; he was a chief tax collector and a rich man.
3 He was trying to see who Jesus was, but because of the crowd he could not, since he was short.
4 So he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore-fig tree to see him, because Jesus was about to go by that way.
5 When Jesus reached the spot, he looked up, saw him, and said to him, "Zacchaeus, come down quickly, for today I must stay at your house."
6 He came down quickly and welcomed him with joy.
7 Everyone who saw it began to complain, "He has gone in to lodge with a sinful man."
8 But Zacchaeus stood there and said to the Lord, "Look, Lord, I am giving half of my possessions to the poor, and if I have cheated anyone out of anything, I am paying it back four times over."
9 Jesus said to him, "Today salvation has come to this household, because he too is a son of Abraham.
10 For the Son of Man came to look for and to save what was lost."
11 While they were listening to this, he went on to tell a parable, because he was near Jerusalem and they supposed that the kingdom of God was about to appear at once.
12 So he said, "A man of noble birth went to a distant country to receive royal power for himself and then come back.
13 He called ten of his servants, gave them ten minas, and told them, 'Put this to work until I come.'
14 But his citizens hated him and sent a delegation after him to say, 'We do not want this man to be king over us.'
15 When he came back after receiving the royal power, he had those servants to whom he had given the money called to him, to find out what each had gained in trade.
16 The first came in and said, 'Master, your mina has earned ten more minas.'
17 He said to him, 'Well done, good servant! Because you proved faithful in a very small matter, take charge of ten cities.'
18 The second came and said, 'Master, your mina has produced five minas.'
19 To this one too he said, 'And you are to be over five cities.'
20 Then another came and said, 'Master, look, here is your mina; I kept it stored away in a cloth.
21 I was afraid of you, because you are a harsh man: you take out what you did not put in, and you harvest what you did not sow.'
22 He said to him, 'By your own words I will judge you, you wicked servant! You knew, did you, that I am a harsh man, taking out what I did not put in and harvesting what I did not sow?
23 Then why did you not put my money on deposit, so that when I came back I could have collected it with interest?'
24 And he told those standing by, 'Take the mina away from him and give it to the one who has the ten minas.'
25 They said to him, 'Master, he already has ten minas!'
26 'I tell you, to everyone who has, more will be given; but from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away.
27 As for those enemies of mine who did not want me to be king over them, bring them here and execute them in front of me.'"
28 After saying these things, he went on ahead of them, making his way up to Jerusalem.
29 As he came near Bethphage and Bethany, by the hill called the Mount of Olives, he sent off two of his disciples,
30 telling them, "Go to the village ahead of you. As you go in, you will find a colt tied up that no one has ever ridden. Untie it and bring it.
31 If anyone asks you, 'Why are you untying it?' just say this: 'The Lord needs it.'"
32 Those who were sent went off and found things just as he had told them.
33 While they were untying the colt, its owners asked them, "Why are you untying the colt?"
34 They answered, "The Lord needs it."
35 They brought it to Jesus, threw their cloaks over the colt, and helped Jesus mount it.
36 As he rode along, people kept spreading their cloaks on the road.
37 As he was now approaching the way down from the Mount of Olives, the whole throng of disciples began joyfully to praise God with loud voices for all the miracles they had seen,
38 saying, "Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord! Peace in heaven, and glory in the highest!"
39 Some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to him, "Teacher, rebuke your disciples!"
40 He answered, "I tell you, if these were to keep quiet, the stones would shout out."
41 As he came closer and saw the city, he wept over it,
42 saying, "If only you had recognized, you too, even on this day of yours, what would bring you peace! But now it is hidden from your sight.
43 For days will come upon you when your enemies will throw up an embankment against you, encircle you, and press on you from every side.
44 They will dash you to the ground, you and your children within you, and they will not leave one stone on another in you, because you did not recognize the time when you were visited."
45 He went into the temple and began driving out those who were selling and buying there,
46 telling them, "It is written: 'My house is a house of prayer'; but you have turned it into a hideout for robbers."
47 Day after day he was teaching in the temple. The chief priests, the scribes, and the leading men of the people were trying to put him to death,
48 but they could not find a way to do it, because all the people were clinging to his words.