Luke 19:8-32

⁸Then Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, “Indeed, Lord, I herewith give half of my goods to the poor, and if I have extorted anything from anyone, I restore fourfold.”

⁹So Jesus said about him, “Today salvation has happened in this house, in that he also is a son of Abraham;

¹⁰because the Son of the Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost.”

¹¹Now as they heard these things, He continued with a parable, because He was near Jerusalem and they were supposing that the Kingdom of God was on the verge of being revealed.

¹²So He said: “A certain nobleman went to a distant country to receive for himself a kingdom and return.

¹³He called ten of his slaves, gave them ten ‘minas’, and said to them, ‘Conduct business until I come.’

¹⁴But his citizens hated him and sent a delegation after him, saying, ‘We do not want this man to reign over us.’

¹⁵It happened that he did receive the kingdom, and upon returning he ordered that those slaves to whom he had given the money be called to him, to know who had gained what by trading.

¹⁶So the first one came and said, ‘Master, your mina earned ten minas!’

¹⁷He said to him: ‘Super, you good slave! Because you were faithful in a very little, have authority over ten cities!’

¹⁸And the second one came and said, ‘Master, your mina made five minas.’

¹⁹Likewise he said to him, ‘You also be over five cities.’

²⁰Then a different one came, saying: ‘Master, here is your mina, that I kept laid away in a piece of cloth

²¹—I feared you because you are a hard man, removing what you did not place, and reaping what you did not sow.’

²²So he said to him: ‘I will judge you out of your own mouth, you wicked slave! You knew that I am a hard man, removing what I did not place, and reaping what I did not sow.

²³Why then didn't you put my money on deposit, and upon coming I would have collected it with interest?’

²⁴And to those standing by he said, ‘Take the mina from him and give it to him who has the ten minas.’

²⁵(They even said to him, ‘Master, he already has ten minas!’)

²⁶‘Indeed I tell you, to everyone who has, more will be given; but from him who does not have, even what he has will be taken from him.

²⁷But as for those enemies of mine who did not want me to reign over them, bring them here and slaughter them in front of me!’ ”

²⁸Having said these things, He went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem.

²⁹When He drew near to Bethphage and Bethany, at the mountain called ‘of Olives’, it happened like this: He sent two of His disciples,

³⁰saying: “Go to the village opposite you, where as you enter you will find a colt tied, on which no man ever yet sat. Untie and bring it.

³¹And if anyone asks you, ‘Why are you untying it?’ just say this to him: ‘The Lord needs it.’ ”

³²So those who were sent went and found it just like He told them.