Luke · 48 verses
Luke 19
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A master takes the only mina from the servant who hid it and hands it to the servant with ten; the bystanders immediately notice that the arithmetic has become rather pointed.
Zacchaeus in the treevv. 1–10
Jesus passes through Jericho, where Zacchaeus, a wealthy chief tax collector, is too short to see over the crowd. He runs ahead, climbs a sycamore tree, and is then summoned down by name because Jesus intends to stay at his house. The welcome is joyful; the grumbling is immediate. Zacchaeus answers with half his possessions for the poor and fourfold repayment for cheating, and Jesus declares that salvation has come to the house.
The minas and the missing kingdomvv. 11–27
Because the people expect the kingdom of God to appear imminently, Jesus tells of a nobleman who goes to a distant country to claim a kingship. Ten servants receive ten minas, though only three accounts are heard: ten more, five more, and one carefully wrapped away. The last servant calls his master harsh; the master judges him by those words, removes the mina, and gives it to the servant who already has ten. The surrounding voices object to the obvious arrangement, but the master answers with a maxim and then orders his enemies brought before him and slain.
The colt, the city, and the templevv. 28–48
Jesus goes on toward Jerusalem and sends two disciples for a colt that has never been ridden. The owners ask why it is being untied; the answer supplied is only, “The Lord needs it.” Cloaks become saddle and roadway, disciples praise God, and Pharisees ask Jesus to rebuke them. He replies that silence would make the stones cry out. Near Jerusalem he weeps over the city and speaks of its coming siege, then enters the temple courts, drives out the sellers, and teaches there daily while the leaders seek his death and the people hang on his words.
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Luke 19:1Then Jesus entered Jericho and was passing through.
Luke 19:2And there was a man named Zacchaeus, a chief tax collector, who was very wealthy.
Luke 19:3He was trying to see who Jesus was, but could not see over the crowd because he was small in stature.
Luke 19:4So he ran on ahead and climbed a sycamore tree to see Him, since Jesus was about to pass that way.
Luke 19:5When Jesus came to that place, He looked up and said, “Zacchaeus, hurry down, for I must stay at your house today.”
Luke 19:6So Zacchaeus hurried down and welcomed Him joyfully.
Luke 19:7And all who saw this began to grumble, saying, “He has gone to be the guest of a sinful man!”
Luke 19:8But 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.”
Luke 19:9Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, because this man too is a son of Abraham.
Luke 19:10For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”
Luke 19:11While 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.
Luke 19:12So He said, “A man of noble birth went to a distant country to lay claim to his kingship and then return.
Luke 19:13Beforehand, he called ten of his servants and gave them ten minas. ‘Conduct business with this until I return,’ he said.
Luke 19:14But his subjects hated him and sent a delegation after him to say, ‘We do not want this man to rule over us.’
Luke 19:15When 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.
Luke 19:16The first servant came forward and said, ‘Master, your mina has produced ten more minas.’
Luke 19:17His master replied, ‘Well done, good servant! Because you have been faithful in a very small matter, you shall have authority over ten cities.’
Luke 19:18The second servant came and said, ‘Master, your mina has made five minas.’
Luke 19:19And to this one he said, ‘You shall have authority over five cities.’
Luke 19:20Then another servant came and said, ‘Master, here is your mina, which I have laid away in a piece of cloth.
Luke 19:21For 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.’
Luke 19:22His 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?
Luke 19:23Why then did you not deposit my money in the bank, and upon my return I could have collected it with interest?’
Luke 19:24Then he told those standing by, ‘Take the mina from him and give it to the one who has ten minas.’
Luke 19:25‘Master,’ they said, ‘he already has ten!’
Luke 19:26He 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.
Luke 19:27And these enemies of mine who were unwilling for me to rule over them, bring them here and slay them in front of me.’”
Luke 19:28After Jesus had said this, He went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem.
Luke 19:29As He approached Bethphage and Bethany at the Mount of Olives, He sent out two of His disciples,
Luke 19:30saying, “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.
Luke 19:31If anyone asks, ‘Why are you untying it?’ tell him, ‘The Lord needs it.’”
Luke 19:32So those who were sent went out and found it just as Jesus had told them.
Luke 19:33As they were untying the colt, its owners asked, “Why are you untying the colt?”
Luke 19:34“The Lord needs it,” they answered.
Luke 19:35Then they led the colt to Jesus, threw their cloaks over it, and put Jesus on it.
Luke 19:36As He rode along, the people spread their cloaks on the road.
Luke 19:37And 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 19:38“Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord!” “Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!”
Luke 19:39But some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to Him, “Teacher, rebuke Your disciples!”
Luke 19:40“I tell you,” He answered, “if they remain silent, the very stones will cry out.”
Luke 19:41As Jesus approached Jerusalem and saw the city, He wept over it
Luke 19:42and said, “If only you had known on this day what would bring you peace! But now it is hidden from your eyes.
Luke 19:43For the days will come upon you when your enemies will barricade you and surround you and hem you in on every side.
Luke 19:44They 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.”
Luke 19:45Then Jesus entered the temple courts and began to drive out those who were selling there.
Luke 19:46He declared to them, “It is written: ‘My house will be a house of prayer.’ But you have made it ‘a den of robbers.’”
Luke 19:47Jesus was teaching at the temple every day, but the chief priests, scribes, and leaders of the people were intent on killing Him.
Luke 19:48Yet they could not find a way to do so, because all the people hung on His words.
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- 10Ezekiel 34:16I will seek the lost, bring back the strays, bind up the broken, and strengthen the weak; but the sleek and strong I will destroy. I will shepherd them with justice.’
- 10Matthew 1:21She will give birth to a Son, and you are to give Him the name Jesus, because He will save His people from their sins.”
- 101 Timothy 1:13–16I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and a violent man; yet because I had acted in ignorance and unbelief, I was shown mercy.
- 10Luke 5:31–32Jesus answered, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick.
- 10Luke 15:4–7“What man among you, if he has a hundred sheep and loses one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the pasture and go after the one that is lost, until he finds it?
- 10Matthew 9:12–13On hearing this, Jesus said, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick.
- 10Romans 5:6For at just the right time, while we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly.
- 10Matthew 15:24He answered, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”
- 10Luke 15:32But it was fitting to celebrate and be glad, because this brother of yours was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.’”
- 10Hebrews 7:25Therefore He is able to save completely those who draw near to God through Him, since He always lives to intercede for them.
- 101 John 4:9–14This is how God’s love was revealed among us: God sent His one and only Son into the world, so that we might live through Him.
- 10Matthew 10:6Go rather to the lost sheep of Israel.
- 40Habakkuk 2:11For the stones will cry out from the wall, and the rafters will echo it from the woodwork.
- 38Zechariah 9:9Rejoice greatly, O Daughter of Zion! Shout in triumph, O Daughter of Jerusalem! See, your King comes to you, righteous and victorious, humble and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.
- 38Luke 13:35Look, your house is left to you desolate. And I tell you that you will not see Me again until you say, ‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord.’”
- 46Isaiah 56:7I will bring them to My holy mountain and make them joyful in My house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and sacrifices will be accepted on My altar, for My house will be called a house of prayer for all the nations.”
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