1Then Jesus entered Jericho and was passing through.[ † ]Joshua 6:261 Kings 16:34 2And there was a man named Zacchaeus, a chief tax collector, who was very wealthy. 3He was trying to see who Jesus was, but could not see over the crowd because he was small in stature.[ † ]John 12:21 4So he ran on ahead and climbed a sycamore tree to see Him, since Jesus was about to pass that way.
5When Jesus came to that place, He looked up and said, “Zacchaeus, hurry down, for I must stay at your house today.”
6So Zacchaeus hurried down and welcomed Him joyfully. 7And all who saw this began to grumble, saying, “He has gone to be the guest of a sinful man!”[ † ]Matthew 9:11Luke 5:30Luke 15:2
8But Zacchaeus stood up and said to the Lord, “Look, Lord, half of my possessions I give to the poor, and if I have cheated anyone, I will repay it fourfold.”[ † ]Psalms 41:1Luke 3:14Exodus 22:1Leviticus 6:5Numbers 5:71 Samuel 12:32 Samuel 12:6
9Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, because this man too is a son of Abraham.[ † ]Luke 3:8Luke 13:16Romans 4:16Galatians 3:7 10For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”[ † ]Matthew 18:11Luke 5:32Romans 5:8
11While the people were listening to this, Jesus proceeded to tell them a parable, because He was near Jerusalem and they thought the kingdom of God would appear imminently.[ † ]Acts 1:6 12So He said, “A man of noble birth went to a distant country to lay claim to his kingship and then return.[ † ]Matthew 25:14-30Mark 13:34 13Beforehand, he called ten of his servants and gave them ten minas. ‘Conduct business with this until I return,’ he said.
14But his subjects hated him and sent a delegation after him to say, ‘We do not want this man to rule over us.’[ † ]John 1:11
15When he returned from procuring his kingship, he summoned the servants to whom he had given the money, to find out what each one had earned.
16The first servant came forward and said, ‘Master, your mina has produced ten more minas.’
17His master replied, ‘Well done, good servant! Because you have been faithful in a very small matter, you shall have authority over ten cities.’[ † ]Matthew 25:21-23Luke 16:10
18The second servant came and said, ‘Master, your mina has made five minas.’
19And to this one he said, ‘You shall have authority over five cities.’
20Then another servant came and said, ‘Master, here is your mina, which I have laid away in a piece of cloth. 21For I was afraid of you, because you are a harsh man. You withdraw what you did not deposit and reap what you did not sow.’[ † ]Matthew 25:24
22His master replied, ‘You wicked servant, I will judge you by your own words. So you knew that I am a harsh man, withdrawing what I did not deposit and reaping what I did not sow?[ † ]2 Samuel 1:16Job 15:6Matthew 12:37Matthew 25:26 23Why then did you not deposit my money in the bank, and upon my return I could have collected it with interest?’
24Then he told those standing by, ‘Take the mina from him and give it to the one who has ten minas.’
25‘Master,’ they said, ‘he already has ten!’
26He replied, ‘I tell you that everyone who has will be given more; but the one who does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.[ † ]Matthew 13:12Matthew 25:29Mark 4:25Luke 8:18 27And these enemies of mine who were unwilling for me to rule over them, bring them here and slay them in front of me.’”
28After Jesus had said this, He went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem.[ † ]Mark 10:32
29As He approached Bethphage and Bethany at the Mount of Olives, He sent out two of His disciples,[ † ]Matthew 21:1Mark 11:1Matthew 26:6John 12:1John 8:1Acts 1:12 30saying, “Go into the village ahead of you, and as you enter it, you will find a colt tied there, on which no one has ever sat. Untie it and bring it here. 31If anyone asks, ‘Why are you untying it?’ tell him, ‘The Lord needs it.’”
32So those who were sent went out and found it just as Jesus had told them.[ † ]Luke 22:13 33As they were untying the colt, its owners asked, “Why are you untying the colt?”
34“The Lord needs it,” they answered. 35Then they led the colt to Jesus, threw their cloaks over it, and put Jesus on it.[ † ]2 Kings 9:13Matthew 21:7Mark 11:7
36As He rode along, the people spread their cloaks on the road. 37And as He approached the descent from the Mount of Olives, the whole multitude of disciples began to praise God joyfully in a loud voice for all the miracles they had seen:[ † ]Luke 13:17Luke 18:43
39But some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to Him, “Teacher, rebuke Your disciples!”
40“I tell you,” He answered, “if they remain silent, the very stones will cry out.”[ † ]Habakkuk 2:11
41As Jesus approached Jerusalem and saw the city, He wept over it[ † ]Isaiah 53:3John 11:35 42and said, “If only you had known on this day what would bring you peace! But now it is hidden from your eyes.[ † ]Psalms 95:7-8Hebrews 3:13Luke 1:77-79Acts 10:36Romans 5:1 43For the days will come upon you when your enemies will barricade you and surround you and hem you in on every side.[ † ]Isaiah 29:3-4Jeremiah 6:3-6Luke 21:20 44They will level you to the ground—you and the children within your walls. They will not leave one stone on another, because you did not recognize the time of your visitation from God.”[ † ]1 Kings 9:7-8Micah 3:12Matthew 24:2Mark 13:2Luke 21:6Daniel 9:24Luke 1:68-781 Peter 2:12
45Then Jesus entered the temple courts and began to drive out those who were selling there.[ † ]Malachi 3:1Matthew 21:12-13Mark 11:11-15-17John 2:13-16 46He declared to them, “It is written: ‘My house will be a house of prayer.’ But you have made it ‘a den of robbers.’”[ † ]Isaiah 56:7Jeremiah 7:11
47Jesus was teaching at the temple every day, but the chief priests, scribes, and leaders of the people were intent on killing Him.[ † ]Luke 21:37Luke 22:53Mark 11:18Luke 20:19John 7:19John 8:37 48Yet they could not find a way to do so, because all the people hung on His words.[ † ]Luke 21:38