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But when he had heard these things, he became very sad, for he was extremely rich.

And Jesus looked at him and said, "How hard it is for those who are wealthy to enter the kingdom of God!

"For it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God."

And He said to them, "Truly I say to you, there is no one who has left house or wife or brothers or parents or children, for the sake of the kingdom of God,

"For He will be handed over to the Gentiles, and will be mocked and mistreated and spit upon,

"What do you want Me to do for you?" And he said, "Lord, I want to regain my sight!"

Zaccheus was trying to see who Jesus was, and was unable because of the crowd, for he was small in stature.

So he ran on ahead and climbed up into a sycamore tree in order to see Him, for He was about to pass through that way.

When Jesus came to the place, He looked up and said to him, "Zaccheus, hurry and come down, for today I must stay at your house."

"For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost."

So He said, "A nobleman went to a distant country to receive a kingdom for himself, and then return.

for I was afraid of you, because you are an exacting man; you take up what you did not lay down and reap what you did not sow.'

As soon as He was approaching, near the descent of the Mount of Olives, the whole crowd of the disciples began to praise God joyfully with a loud voice for all the miracles which they had seen,

saying, "If you had known in this day, even you, the things which make for peace! But now they have been hidden from your eyes.

"For the days will come upon you when your enemies will throw up a barricade against you, and surround you and hem you in on every side,

and they could not find anything that they might do, for all the people were hanging on to every word He said.

"But if we say, 'From men,' all the people will stone us to death, for they are convinced that John was a prophet."

And He began to tell the people this parable: "A man planted a vineyard and rented it out to vine-growers, and went on a journey for a long time.

The scribes and the chief priests tried to lay hands on Him that very hour, and they feared the people; for they understood that He spoke this parable against them.

"Is it lawful for us to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?"