Luke 19:6-37

⁶And he made haste and came down; and received him with joy.

⁷And when all saw it, they murmured, saying, that he was gone to be a guest with a man that was a sinner.

⁸But Zacheus standing, said to the Lord: Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have wronged any man of any thing, I restore him fourfold.

⁹Jesus said to him: This day is salvation come to this house, because he also is a son of Abraham.

¹⁰For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.

¹¹As they were hearing these things, he added and spoke a parable, because he was nigh to Jerusalem, and because they thought that the kingdom of God should immediately be manifested.

¹²He said therefore: A certain nobleman went into a far country, to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return.

¹³And calling his ten servants, he gave them ten pounds, and said to them: Trade till I come.

¹⁴But his citizens hated him: and they sent an embassage after him, saying: We will not have this man to reign over us.

¹⁵And it came to pass, that he returned, having received the kingdom: and he commanded his servants to be called, to whom he had given the money, that he might know how much every man had gained by trading.

¹⁶And the first came, saying: Lord, thy pound hath gained ten pounds.

¹⁷And he said to him: Well done, thou good servant, because thou hast been faithful in a little, thou shalt have power over ten cities.

¹⁸And the second came, saying: Lord, thy pound hath gained five pounds.

¹⁹And he said to him: Be thou also over five cities.

²⁰And another came, saying: Lord, behold here is thy pound, which I have kept laid up in a napkin;

²¹For I feared thee, because thou art an austere man: thou takest up what thou didst not lay down, and thou reapest that which thou didst not sow.

²²He saith to him: Out of thy own mouth I judge thee, thou wicked servant. Thou knewest that I was an austere man, taking up what I laid not down, and reaping that which I did not sow:

²³And why then didst thou not give my money into the bank, that at my coming, I might have exacted it with usury?

²⁴And he said to them that stood by: Take the pound away from him, and give it to him that hath ten pounds.

²⁵And they said to him: Lord, he hath ten pounds.

²⁶But I say to you, that to every one that hath shall be given, and he shall abound: and from him that hath not, even that which he hath, shall be taken from him.

²⁷But as for those my enemies, who would not have me reign over them, bring them hither, and kill them before me.

²⁸And having said these things, he went before, going up to Jerusalem.

²⁹And it came to pass, when he was come nigh to Bethphage and Bethania, unto the mount called Olivet, he sent two of his disciples,

³⁰Saying: Go into the town which is over against you, at your entering into which you shall find the colt of an ass tied, on which no man ever hath sitten: loose him, and bring him hither.

³¹And if any man shall ask you: Why do you loose him? you shall say thus unto him: Because the Lord hath need of his service.

³²And they that were sent, went their way, and found the colt standing, as he had said unto them.

³³And as they were loosing the colt, the owners thereof said to them: Why loose you the colt?

³⁴But they said: Because the Lord hath need of him.

³⁵And they brought him to Jesus. And casting their garments on the colt, they set Jesus thereon.

³⁶And as he went, they spread their clothes underneath in the way.

³⁷And when he was now coming near the descent of mount Olivet, the whole multitude of his disciples began with joy to praise God with a loud voice, for all the mighty works they had seen,