Luke 19:8-32

⁸And Zaccheus stood, and said to the Lord; Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have taken any thing from any man by false accusation, I restore him four-fold.

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

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

¹¹And as they heard these things, he added and spoke a parable, because he was nigh to Jerusalem, and because they thought that the kingdom of God would immediately appear.

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

¹³And he called his ten servants, and delivered them ten pounds, and said to them, Occupy till I come.

¹⁴But his citizens hated him, and sent a message after him, saying, We will not have this man to reign over us.

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

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

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

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

¹⁹And he said likewise 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 layedst not down, and reapest what thou didst not sow.

²²And he saith to him, Out of thy own mouth will I judge thee, thou wicked servant. Thou knewest me to be an austere man, taking up what I laid not down, and reaping what I did not sow:

²³Why then gavest thou not my money into the bank, that at my coming I might have required my own with interest?

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

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

²⁶For I say to you, That to every one who hath shall be given; and from him that hath not, even what he hath shall be taken away from him.

²⁷But those my enemies, who would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me.

²⁸And when he had thus spoken, he went before, ascending towards Jerusalem.

²⁹And it came to pass, when he had come nigh to Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount called the mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples,

³⁰Saying, Go ye into the village over against you ; in which at your entering ye will find a colt tied, on which yet never man sat: loose him, and bring him hither .

³¹And if any man shall ask you, Why do ye loose him ? thus shall ye say to him, Because the Lord hath need of him.

³²And they that were sent, went and found even as he had said to them.