Luke 19

Response to Jesus's Invitation Luke 19:7–10

⁷Verse 7. When they saw it, they all murmured, saying, “He has gone in to lodge with a man who is a sinner.” ⁸Verse 8. Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, “Behold, Lord, half of my goods I give to the poor. If I have wrongfully exacted anything of anyone, I restore four times as much.” ⁹Verse 9. Jesus said to him, “Today, salvation has come to this house, because he also is a son of Abraham. ¹⁰Verse 10. For the Son of Man came to seek and to save that which was lost.”

Parable of the Minas Luke 19:11–27

¹¹Verse 11. As they heard these things, he went on and told a parable, because he was near Jerusalem, and they supposed that God’s Kingdom would be revealed immediately. ¹²Verse 12. He said therefore, “A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return. ¹³Verse 13. He called ten servants of his, and gave them ten mina coins, and told them, ‘Conduct business until I come.’ ¹⁴Verse 14. But his citizens hated him, and sent an envoy after him, saying, ‘We don’t want this man to reign over us.’ ¹⁵Verse 15. “When he had come back again, having received the kingdom, he commanded these servants, to whom he had given the money, to be called to him, that he might know what they had gained by conducting business.

¹⁶Verse 16. The first came before him, saying, ‘Lord, your mina has made ten more minas.’ ¹⁷Verse 17. “He said to him, ‘Well done, you good servant! Because you were found faithful with very little, you shall have authority over ten cities.’ ¹⁸Verse 18. “The second came, saying, ‘Your mina, Lord, has made five minas.’ ¹⁹Verse 19. “So he said to him, ‘And you are to be over five cities.’ ²⁰Verse 20. Another came, saying, ‘Lord, behold, your mina, which I kept laid away in a handkerchief, ²¹Verse 21. for I feared you, because you are an exacting man. You take up that which you didn’t lay down, and reap that which you didn’t sow.’

²²Verse 22. “He said to him, ‘Out of your own mouth will I judge you, you wicked servant! You knew that I am an exacting man, taking up that which I didn’t lay down, and reaping that which I didn’t sow. ²³Verse 23. Then why didn’t you deposit my money in the bank, and at my coming, I might have earned interest on it?’ ²⁴Verse 24. He said to those who stood by, ‘Take the mina away from him, and give it to him who has the ten minas.’ ²⁵Verse 25. “They said to him, ‘Lord, he has ten minas!’ ²⁶Verse 26. ‘For I tell you that to everyone who has, will more be given; but from him who doesn’t have, even that which he has will be taken away from him.

²⁷Verse 27. But bring those enemies of mine who didn’t want me to reign over them here, and kill them before me.’”

Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem Luke 19:28–40

²⁸Verse 28. Having said these things, he went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem. ²⁹Verse 29. When he came near to Bethsphage and Bethany, at the mountain that is called Olivet, he sent two of his disciples, ³⁰Verse 30. saying, “Go your way into the village on the other side, in which, as you enter, you will find a colt tied, which no man had ever sat upon. Untie it, and bring it. ³¹Verse 31. If anyone asks you, ‘Why are you untying it?’ say to him: ‘The Lord needs it.’” ³²Verse 32. Those who were sent went away, and found things just as he had told them. ³³Verse 33. As they were untying the colt, its owners said to them, “Why are you untying the colt?”

³⁴Verse 34. They said, “The Lord needs it.” ³⁵Verse 35. They brought it to Jesus. They threw their cloaks on the colt, and set Jesus on them. ³⁶Verse 36. As he went, they spread their cloaks on the road. ³⁷Verse 37. As he was now getting near, at the descent of the Mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works which they had seen, ³⁸Verse 38. saying, “Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord! Peace in heaven, and glory in the highest!” ³⁹Verse 39. Some of the Pharisees from the multitude said to him, “Teacher, rebuke your disciples!”

⁴⁰Verse 40. He answered them, “I tell you that if these were silent, the stones would cry out.”

Jesus Weeps Over Jerusalem Luke 19:41–44

⁴¹Verse 41. When he came near, he saw the city and wept over it, ⁴²Verse 42. saying, “If you, even you, had known today the things which belong to your peace! But now, they are hidden from your eyes. ⁴³Verse 43. For the days will come on you, when your enemies will throw up a barricade against you, surround you, hem you in on every side, ⁴⁴Verse 44. and will dash you and your children within you to the ground. They will not leave in you one stone on another, because you didn’t know the time of your visitation.”

Cleansing the Temple Luke 19:45–48

⁴⁵Verse 45. He entered into the temple, and began to drive out those who bought and sold in it, ⁴⁶Verse 46. saying to them, “It is written, ‘My house is a house of prayer,’ but you have made it a ‘den of robbers’!” ⁴⁷Verse 47. He was teaching daily in the temple, but the chief priests and the scribes and the leading men among the people sought to destroy him. ⁴⁸Verse 48. They couldn’t find what they might do, for all the people hung on to every word that he said.