Luke 19:8-32

⁸And Zacchaeus, waiting before him, said to the Lord, See, Lord, half of my goods I give to the poor, and if I have taken anything from anyone wrongly, I give him back four times as much.

⁹And Jesus said to him, Today salvation has come to this house, for even he is a son of Abraham.

¹⁰For the Son of man came to make search for those who are wandering from the way, and to be their Saviour.

¹¹And while they were giving ear to these words, he made another story for them, because he was near Jerusalem, and because they were of the opinion that the kingdom of God was coming straight away.

¹²So he said, A certain man of high birth went into a far-away country to get a kingdom for himself, and to come back.

¹³And he sent for ten of his servants and gave them ten pounds and said to them, Do business with this till I come.

¹⁴But his people had no love for him, and sent representatives after him, saying, We will not have this man for our ruler.

¹⁵And when he came back again, having got his kingdom, he gave orders for those servants to whom he had given the money to come to him, so that he might have an account of what business they had done.

¹⁶And the first came before him, saying, Lord, your pound has made ten pounds.

¹⁷And he said to him, You have done well, O good servant: because you have done well in a small thing you will have authority over ten towns.

¹⁸And another came, saying, Your pound has made five pounds.

¹⁹And he said, You will be ruler over five towns.

²⁰And another came, saying, Lord, here is your pound, which I put away in a cloth;

²¹Because I was in fear of you, for you are a hard man: you take up what you have not put down, and get in grain where you have not put seed.

²²He said to him, By the words of your mouth you will be judged, you bad servant. You had knowledge that I am a hard man, taking up what I have not put down and getting in grain where I have not put seed;

²³Why then did you not put my money in a bank, so that when I came I would get it back with interest?

²⁴And he said to the others who were near, Take the pound away from him, and give it to the man who has ten.

²⁵And they say to him, Lord, he has ten pounds.

²⁶And I say to you that to everyone who has, more will be given, but from him who has not, even what he has will be taken away.

²⁷And as for those who were against me, who would not have me for their ruler, let them come here, and be put to death before me.

²⁸And when he had said this, he went on in front of them, going up to Jerusalem.

²⁹And it came about that when he got near Beth-phage and Bethany by the mountain which is named the Mountain of Olives, he sent two of the disciples,

³⁰Saying, Go into the little town in front of you, and on going in you will see a young ass fixed with a cord, on which no man has ever been seated; let him loose and take him.

³¹And if anyone says to you, Why are you taking him? say, The Lord has need of him.

³²And those whom he sent went away, and it was as he said.