Jesus and Zacchaeus
1Then Jesus entered Jericho and was passing through.+ 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.+ 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!”+ 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.”+ 9Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, because this man too is a son of Abraham.+ 10For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”+The Parable of the Ten Minas
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.+ 12So He said, “A man of noble birth went to a distant country to lay claim to his kingship and then return.+ 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.’+ 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.’+ 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.’+ 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?+ 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.+ 27And these enemies of mine who were unwilling for me to rule over them, bring them here and slay them in front of me.’”+The Triumphal Entry
Zechariah 9:9–13; Matthew 21:1–11; Mark 11:1–11; John 12:12–19
28After Jesus had said this, He went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem.+ 29As He approached Bethphage and Bethany at the Mount of Olives, He sent out two of His disciples,+ 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.+ 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.+ 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:+ 38“Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord!” “Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!”+ 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.”+Jesus Weeps over Jerusalem
41As Jesus approached Jerusalem and saw the city, He wept over it+ 42and said, “If only you had known on this day what would bring you peace! But now it is hidden from your eyes.+ 43For the days will come upon you when your enemies will barricade you and surround you and hem you in on every side.+ 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.”+Jesus Cleanses the Temple
Matthew 21:12–17; Mark 11:15–19; John 2:12–25
45Then Jesus entered the temple courts and began to drive out those who were selling there.+ 46He declared to them, “It is written: ‘My house will be a house of prayer.’ But you have made it ‘a den of robbers.’”+ 47Jesus was teaching at the temple every day, but the chief priests, scribes, and leaders of the people were intent on killing Him.+ 48Yet they could not find a way to do so, because all the people hung on His words.+