Luke 19:8-32

⁸And Zaccheus stood forth, and said vnto the Lord, Beholde, Lord, the halfe of my goods I giue to the poore: and if I haue taken from any man by forged cauillation, I restore him foure folde.

⁹Then Iesus said to him, This day is saluation come vnto this house, forasmuch as hee is also become the sonne of Abraham.

¹⁰For the Sonne of man is come to seeke, and to saue that which was lost.

¹¹And whiles they heard these thinges, hee continued and spake a parable, because hee was neere to Hierusalem, and because also they thought that the kingdom of God should shortly appeare.

¹²He saide therefore, A certaine noble man went into a farre countrey, to receiue for himselfe a kingdome, and so to come againe.

¹³And he called his ten seruants, and deliuered them ten pieces of money, and sayd vnto them, Occupie till I come.

¹⁴Nowe his citizens hated him, and sent an ambassage after him, saying, We will not haue this man to reigne ouer vs.

¹⁵And it came to passe, when hee was come againe, and had receiued his kingdome, that he commanded the seruants to be called to him, to whome he gaue his money, that he might knowe what euery man had gained.

¹⁶Then came the first, saying, Lord, thy piece hath encreased ten pieces.

¹⁷And he sayd vnto him, Well, good seruant: because thou hast bene faithfull in a very litle thing, take thou authoritie ouer ten cities.

¹⁸And the second came, saying, Lord, thy piece hath encreased fiue pieces.

¹⁹And to the same he sayd, Be thou also ruler ouer fiue cities.

²⁰So the other came, and sayd, Lord, beholde thy piece, which I haue laide vp in a napkin:

²¹For I feared thee, because thou art a straight man: thou takest vp, that thou layedst not downe, and reapest that thou diddest not sowe.

²²Then he sayde vnto him, Of thine owne mouth will I iudge thee, O euill seruant. Thou knewest that I am a straight man, taking vp that I layd not downe, and reaping that I did not sowe.

²³Wherefore then gauest not thou my money into the banke, that at my coming I might haue required it with vantage?

²⁴And he sayd to them that stoode by, Take from him that piece, and giue it him that hath ten pieces.

²⁵(And they sayd vnto him, Lord, hee hath ten pieces.)

²⁶For I say vnto you, that vnto all them that haue, it shalbe giuen: and from him that hath not, euen that he hath, shalbe taken from him.

²⁷Moreouer, those mine enemies, which would not that I should reigne ouer them, bring hither, and slay them before me.

²⁸And when he had thus spoken, he went forth before, ascending vp to Hierusalem.

²⁹And it came to passe, when hee was come neere to Bethphage, and Bethania, besides the mount which is called the mount of Oliues, he sent two of his disciples,

³⁰Saying, Goe ye to the towne which is before you, wherein, assoone as ye are come, ye shall finde a colte tied, whereon neuer man sate: loose him, and bring him hither.

³¹And if any man aske you, why ye loose him, thus shall ye say vnto him, Because the Lord hath neede of him.

³²So they that were sent, went their way, and found it as he had sayd vnto them.