1THEN he went into Jericho and was making his way through it.
2And here we find a wealthy man called Zacchaeus, a chief collector of taxes,
3wanting to see what sort of person Jesus was. But the crowd prevented him from doing so, for he was very short.
4So he ran ahead and climbed up into a sycamore tree to get a view of Jesus as he was heading that way.
5When Jesus reached the spot, he looked up and said to him, "Zacchaeus, hurry up and come down. I must be your guest today."
6So Zacchaeus hurriedly climbed down and gladly welcomed him.
7But the bystanders muttered their disapproval, saying, "Now he has gone to stay with a real sinner."
8But Zacchaeus himself stood and said to the Lord, "Look, sir, I will give half my property to the poor. And if I have swindled anybody out of anything I will pay him back four times as much."
9Jesus said to him, "Salvation has come to this house today! Zacchaeus is a descendant of Abraham,
10and it was the lost that the Son of Man came to seekand to save."
11Then as the crowd still listened attentively, Jesus went on to give them this parable. For the fact that he was nearing Jerusalem made them imagine that the kingdom of God was on the point of appearing.
12"Once upon a time a man of good family want abroad to accept a kingdom and then return.
13He summoned ten of his servants and gave them a pound each, with the words, 'Use this money to trade with until I come back."
14But the citizens detested him and they sent a delegation after him, to say, 'We will not have this man to be our king.'
15Then later, when he had received his kingdom, he returned and gave orders for the servants to whom he had given the money to be called to him, so that he could find out what profit they had made.
16The first came into his presence, and said, 'Sire, your pound has made ten pounds more.'
17'Splendid, my good fellow,' he said, 'since you have proved trustworthy over this small amount, I am going to put you in charge of ten towns.'
18The second came in and said, 'Sire, your pound has made five pounds.'
19And he said to him, 'Good, you're appointed governor of five towns.'
20When the last came, he said, 'Sire, here is your pound, which I have been keeping wrapped up in a handkerchief.
21I have been scaredI know you're a hard man, getting something for nothing and reaping where you never sowed.'
22To which he replied, 'You scoundrel, your own words condemn you! You knew perfectly well, did you, that I am a hard man who gets something for nothing and reaps where he never sowed?
23Then why didn't you put my money into the ban, and then when I returned I could have had it back with interest?'
24Then he said to those who were standing by: 'Take away his pound and give it to the fellow who has ten.'
25"'But, sire, he has ten pounds already,' they said to him.
26'Yes,' he replied, 'and, I tell you that the man who has something will get more given to him. But as for the man who has nothing, even his "nothing" will be taken away.
27And as for these enemies of mine who objected to my being their king, bring them here and execute them in my presence.'"
28After these words, Jesus walked on ahead of them on his way up to Jerusalem.
29Then as he was approaching Bethphage and Bethany, near the hill called the Mount of Olives, he sent off two of his disciples,
30telling them, "Go into the village just ahead of you, and there you will find a colt tied, on which no one has ever yet ridden. Untie it and bring it here.
31And if anybody asks you, 'Why are you untying it?' just say, 'The Lord needs it.'"
32So the messengers went off and found things just as he had told them.
33In fact, as they were untying the colt, the owners did say, "Why are you untying it?"
34and they replied, "The Lord needs it."
35So they brought it to Jesus and, throwing their cloaks upon the colt, mounted Jesus on its back.
36Then as he rode along, people spread out their coats in the roadway.
37And as he approached the city, where the road slopes down from the Mount of Olives, the whole crowd of his disciples joyfully shouted praises to God for the marvelous things that they had seen done.
38"God bless the king who comes in the name of the Lord!" they cried. "There is peace in Heaven and glory on high!"
39There were some Pharisees in the crowd who said to Jesus, "Master, restrain your disciples!"
40To which he replied, "I tell you that if they kept quiet, the very stones in the road would burst out cheering!"
41And as he came still nearer to the city, he caught sight of it and wept over it,
42saying, "Ah, if you only knew, even at this eleventh hour, on what your peace dependsbut you cannot see it.
43The time is coming when your enemies will encircle you with ramparts, surrounding you and hemming you in on every side.
44And they will hurl you and all your children to the groundyes, they will not leave you one stone standing upon anotherall because you did not recognise when God Himself was visiting you!"
45Then he went into the Temple, and began to throw out the traders there.
46"It is written," he told them, "'My house shall be a house of prayer',but you have turned it into a thieves' kitchen!"
47Then day after day he was teaching inside the Temple. The chief priests, the scribes and the national leaders were all the time looking for an opportunity to destroy him,
48but they could not find any way to do it since all the people hung upon his words.
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