Bible Reading Plan

Luke 19

Chapter 19

Jesus Visits Zacchaeus

¹ He entered Jericho and was passing through. ² There was a man named Zacchaeus who was a chief tax collector, and he was rich. ³ He was trying to see who Jesus was, but he was not able because of the crowd, since he was a short man. ⁴ So running ahead, he climbed up a sycamore tree to see Jesus, since He was about to pass that way. ⁵ When Jesus came to the place, He looked up and said to him, "Zacchaeus, hurry and come down because today I must stay at your house."

⁶ So he quickly came down and welcomed Him joyfully. ⁷ All who saw it began to complain,^(a) "He's gone to lodge with a sinful man!"

⁸ But Zacchaeus stood there and said to the Lord, "Look, I'll give^[a] half of my possessions to the poor,^(b) Lord! And if I have extorted^(c) anything from anyone, I'll pay^[b] back four times as much!"^(d)

⁹ "Today salvation^(e) has come to this house," Jesus told him, "because he too is a son of Abraham. ^{(f) 10} For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save the lost." ^[c](g)

The Parable of the 10 Minas

¹¹ As^(h) they were listening to this, He went on to tell a parable because He was near Jerusalem,⁽ⁱ⁾ and they thought the kingdom of God was going to appear right away.^(j)

¹² Therefore He said: "A nobleman traveled to a far country to receive for himself authority to be king^[d] and then return. ¹³ He called 10 of his slaves, gave them 10 minas,^[e] and told them, ‘Engage in business until I come back.'

¹⁴ "But his subjects hated him and sent a delegation after him, saying, ‘We don't want this man to rule over us!'

¹⁵ "At his return, having received the authority to be king,^[f] he summoned those slaves he had given the money to, so he could find out how much they had made in business. ¹⁶ The first came forward and said, ‘Master, your mina has earned 10 more minas.'

¹⁷ "‘Well done, good^[g] slave!' he told him. ‘Because you have been faithful^(k) in a very small matter, have authority over 10 towns.'

¹⁸ "The second came and said, ‘Master, your mina has made five minas.'

¹⁹ "So he said to him, ‘You will be over five towns.'

²⁰ "And another came and said, ‘Master, here is your mina. I have kept it hidden away in a cloth ²¹ because I was afraid of you, for you're a tough man: you collect what you didn't deposit and reap what you didn't sow.'^(l)

²² "He told him, ‘I will judge you by what you have said,^[h] you evil slave! If you knew I was a tough man, collecting what I didn't deposit and reaping what I didn't sow, ²³ why didn't you put my money in the bank? And when I returned, I would have collected it with interest!' ²⁴ So he said to those standing there, ‘Take the mina away from him and give it to the one who has 10 minas.'

²⁵ "But they said to him, ‘Master, he has 10 minas.'

²⁶ "‘I tell you, that to everyone who has, more will be given; and from the one who does not have, even what he does have will be taken away. ^{(m) 27} But bring here these enemies of mine,⁽ⁿ⁾ who did not want me to rule over them, and slaughter^[i] them in my presence.'"

The Triumphal Entry

²⁸ When^(o) He had said these things, He went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem.^{(p) 29} As He approached Bethphage and Bethany, at the place called the Mount of Olives,^(q) He sent two of the disciples ³⁰ and said, "Go into the village ahead of you. As you enter it, you will find a young donkey tied there, on which no one has ever sat. Untie it and bring it here. ³¹ If anyone asks you, ‘Why are you untying it?' say this: ‘The Lord needs it.'"

³² So those who were sent left and found it just as He had told them.^{(r) 33} As they were untying the young donkey, its owners said to them, "Why are you untying the donkey?"

³⁴ "The Lord needs it," they said. ³⁵ Then^(s) they brought it to Jesus, and after throwing their robes on the donkey, they helped Jesus get on it.^{(t) 36} As He was going along, they were spreading their robes on the road.^{(u) 37} Now He came near the path down the Mount of Olives, and the whole crowd of the disciples began to praise God joyfully with a loud voice for all the miracles they had seen:

³⁹ Some of the Pharisees from the crowd told Him, "Teacher, rebuke Your disciples."

⁴⁰ He answered, "I tell you, if they were to keep silent, the stones would cry out!" ^(z)

Jesus' Love for Jerusalem

⁴¹ As He approached and saw the city, He wept^(aa) over it, ⁴² saying, "If you knew^(ab) this day what would bring peace—but now it is hidden^(ac) from your eyes. ⁴³ For the days will come on you^(ad) when your enemies will build an embankment against you, surround you, and hem you in on every side. ^{(ae) 44} They will crush you and your children within you to the ground,^(af) and they will not leave one stone on another^(ag) in you, because you did not recognize the time of your visitation." ^(ah)

Cleansing the Temple Complex

⁴⁵ He^(ai) went into the temple complex and began to throw out those who were selling,^{[l] 46} and He said, "It is written, My house will be a house of prayer, ^(aj) but you have made it a den of thieves !" ^(ak)[m]

⁴⁷ Every day He was teaching^(al) in the temple complex. The chief priests, the scribes, and the leaders of the people were looking for a way to destroy^(am) Him, ⁴⁸ but they could not find a way to do it, because all the people^(an) were captivated by what they heard.^[n]