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The Gospel According to St. Luke

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- Chapter 19 -

(Numbers 5:5–10)
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Jesus entered Jericho and was going through the city.
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There was a man there named Zacchaeus. He was in charge of collecting taxes and was very rich.
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He wanted to see Jesus but he could not see him over the crowd. He was a very short man and there were many people around Jesus.
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So he ran further down the road. He climbed a sycamore fig tree so he could see Jesus when he came by.
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When Jesus got there, he looked up and said to him, “Zacchaeus, come down quickly, I have to stay at your house tonight!”
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So he came down quickly. He was glad to welcome Jesus into his home.
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But the people who saw Jesus go there grumbled, saying, “He has gone to be the guest of a real sinner!”
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Then Zacchaeus stood up while they were eating and said to Jesus, “Lord, I want you to know that I am going to give half of what I own to poor people. And as for the people whom I have cheated, I will pay them back four times the amount I have gotten from them.”
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Jesus said to him, “Today God has saved this household, because this man has shown that he is a true descendant of Abraham.
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Remember this: I, the Son of Man, came to find and save people like you who have gone astray from God.”

The Parable of the Ten Minas

(Matthew 25:14–30)
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The people were listening to everything Jesus said. Since he was getting close to Jerusalem, Jesus decided to tell them another story. He wanted to correct their idea that as soon as he got to Jerusalem he would begin to rule as king over God’s people.
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He said, “A prince prepared to go to a distant country in order to receive from a higher king the right to become king over the country where he lived. After he received the right of being king, he would return to rule his people.
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Before he left, he summoned ten of his servants. He gave each of them an equal amount of money. He said to them, ‘Do business with this money until I return!’ Then he left.
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But many people of his country hated him. So they sent some messengers to follow him and say to the higher king, ‘We do not want this man to be our king!’
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But he was made king anyway. Later he returned as the new king. Then he called in the servants to whom he had given the money. He wanted to know how much they had gained by doing business with the money he had given them.
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The first man came to him and said, ‘Sir, with your money I have earned ten times as much!’
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He said to this man, ‘You are a good servant! You have done very well! Because you have faithfully taken care of a small amount of money, I will give you ten cities to rule over.’
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Then the second servant came and said, ‘Sir, the money you gave me is now worth five times as much!’
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He also said to that servant, ‘Well done! I will put you over five cities.’
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Then another servant came. He said, ’Sir, here is your money. I wrapped it up in a cloth and hid it to keep it safe.
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I was afraid of what you would do to me if the business failed. I know you are a hard man who takes from others that which does not really belong to you. You are like a farmer who harvests grain that another man planted.’
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He said to that servant, ’You wicked servant! I will condemn you by the words you just said. You knew I was a hard man, because I take what does not belong to me and harvest what I did not plant.
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So you should at least have given my money to money lenders! Then when I returned I could have collected that amount plus the interest it would have earned!’
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Then the king said to those who were standing near, ‘Take the money from him and give it to the servant who made ten times as much!’
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They protested, ‘But sir, he already has a lot of money!’
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But the king said, ’I tell you this: To the people who use well what they have received, I will give even more. But from the people who do not use well what they have received, I will take away even what they already have.
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Now, as for those enemies of mine who did not want me to rule over them, bring them here and execute them while I am watching!’”

The Triumphal Entry

(Zechariah 9:9–13; Matthew 21:1–11; Mark 11:1–11; John 12:12–19)
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After Jesus said those things, he continued on the road up to Jerusalem, going ahead of the disciples.
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When they got close to the villages of Bethphage and Bethany, near the Mount of Olives,
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he said to two of his disciples, “Go to the village just ahead of you. As you enter it, you will see a young donkey tied up there that no one has ever ridden. Untie it and bring it to me.
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If anyone asks you, ‘Why are you untying the donkey?’ say to him, ‘The Lord needs it.’”
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So the two disciples went to the village and found the donkey, just as Jesus had told them.
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As they were untying it, its owners said to them, “Why are you untying our donkey?”
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They replied, “The Lord needs it.”
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Then the disciples brought the donkey to Jesus. They threw their cloaks on the donkey’s back for him to sit on and helped Jesus get on it.
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Then as he rode along, others spread their cloaks on the road in front of him to honor him.
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As they came along the road that goes down from the Mount of Olives, the whole crowd of his disciples began to rejoice and praise God loudly for all the great miracles that they had seen Jesus do.
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They were saying things like, “May God bless our king who comes with God’s authority! May there be peace between God in heaven and us his people, and may everyone praise God!”
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Some of the Pharisees who were in the crowd said to him, “Teacher, tell your disciples to stop saying those things!”
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He replied, “I tell you this: If these people were silent, the stones themselves would shout to praise me!”

Jesus Weeps over Jerusalem

(Isaiah 29:1–16)
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When Jesus came near to Jerusalem and saw the city, he cried about its people.
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He said, “I wish that today you people knew how to have God’s peace. But now you are unable to know it.
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I want you to know this: Soon your enemies will come and will set up a barricade around your city. They will surround the city and attack it on all sides.
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They will break through the walls and destroy everything. They will destroy it and you and all your children. When they finish destroying everything, there will not be one stone left on top of another. All this will happen because you did not recognize the time when God came to save you!”

Jesus Cleanses the Temple

(Matthew 21:12–17; Mark 11:15–19; John 2:12–25)
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Jesus entered Jerusalem and went into the temple courtyard. He saw in that place the people who were selling things,
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and he began to chase them out. He said to them, “It has been written in the scriptures, ‘I want my house to be a place where people pray,’ but you have made it a hideout for thieves!”
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Each day during that week Jesus was teaching people in the temple courtyard. The chief priests, the teachers of religious laws, and other Jewish leaders were trying to find a way to kill him.
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But they did not find any way to do it, because all the people were eager to hear him.
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(Numbers 5:5–10)
1
He entered and was passing through Jericho.
2
There was a man named Zacchaeus. He was a chief tax collector, and he was rich.
3
He was trying to see who Jesus was, and couldn’t because of the crowd, because he was short.
4
He ran on ahead and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see him, for he was going to pass that way.
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When Jesus came to the place, he looked up and saw him, and said to him, “Zacchaeus, hurry and come down, for today I must stay at your house.”
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He hurried, came down, and received him joyfully.
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When they saw it, they all murmured, saying, “He has gone in to lodge with a man who is a sinner.”
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Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, “Behold, Lord, half of my goods I give to the poor. If I have wrongfully exacted anything of anyone, I restore four times as much.”
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Jesus said to him, “Today, salvation has come to this house, because he also is a son of Abraham.
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For the Son of Man came to seek and to save that which was lost.”

The Parable of the Ten Minas

(Matthew 25:14–30)
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As they heard these things, he went on and told a parable, because he was near Jerusalem, and they supposed that God’s Kingdom would be revealed immediately.
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He said therefore, “A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom and to return.
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He called ten servants of his and gave them ten mina coins, (a) and told them, ‘Conduct business until I come.’
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But his citizens hated him, and sent an envoy after him, saying, ‘We don’t want this man to reign over us.’
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“When he had come back again, having received the kingdom, he commanded these servants, to whom he had given the money, to be called to him, that he might know what they had gained by conducting business.
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The first came before him, saying, ‘Lord, your mina has made ten more minas.’
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“He said to him, ‘Well done, you good servant! Because you were found faithful with very little, you shall have authority over ten cities.’
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“The second came, saying, ‘Your mina, Lord, has made five minas.’
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“So he said to him, ‘And you are to be over five cities.’
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Another came, saying, ‘Lord, behold, your mina, which I kept laid away in a handkerchief,
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for I feared you, because you are an exacting man. You take up that which you didn’t lay down, and reap that which you didn’t sow.’
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“He said to him, ‘Out of your own mouth I will judge you, you wicked servant! You knew that I am an exacting man, taking up that which I didn’t lay down and reaping that which I didn’t sow.
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Then why didn’t you deposit my money in the bank, and at my coming, I might have earned interest on it?’
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He said to those who stood by, ‘Take the mina away from him and give it to him who has the ten minas.’
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“They said to him, ‘Lord, he has ten minas!’
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‘For I tell you that to everyone who has, will more be given; but from him who doesn’t have, even that which he has will be taken away from him.
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But bring those enemies of mine who didn’t want me to reign over them here, and kill them before me.’”

The Triumphal Entry

(Zechariah 9:9–13; Matthew 21:1–11; Mark 11:1–11; John 12:12–19)
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Having said these things, he went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem.
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When he came near to Bethsphage(b) and Bethany, at the mountain that is called Olivet, he sent two of his disciples,
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saying, “Go your way into the village on the other side, in which, as you enter, you will find a colt tied, which no man has ever sat upon. Untie it and bring it.
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If anyone asks you, ‘Why are you untying it?’ say to him: ‘The Lord needs it.’”
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Those who were sent went away and found things just as he had told them.
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As they were untying the colt, its owners said to them, “Why are you untying the colt?”
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They said, “The Lord needs it.”
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Then they brought it to Jesus. They threw their cloaks on the colt and sat Jesus on them.
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As he went, they spread their cloaks on the road.
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As he was now getting near, at the descent of the Mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works which they had seen,
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saying, “Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord! (c) Peace in heaven, and glory in the highest!”
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Some of the Pharisees from the multitude said to him, “Teacher, rebuke your disciples!”
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He answered them, “I tell you that if these were silent, the stones would cry out.”

Jesus Weeps over Jerusalem

(Isaiah 29:1–16)
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When he came near, he saw the city and wept over it,
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saying, “If you, even you, had known today the things which belong to your peace! But now, they are hidden from your eyes.
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For the days will come on you when your enemies will throw up a barricade against you, surround you, hem you in on every side,
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and will dash you and your children within you to the ground. They will not leave in you one stone on another, because you didn’t know the time of your visitation.”

Jesus Cleanses the Temple

(Matthew 21:12–17; Mark 11:15–19; John 2:12–25)
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He entered into the temple and began to drive out those who bought and sold in it,
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saying to them, “It is written, ‘My house is a house of prayer,’ (d) but you have made it a ‘den of robbers’!” (e)
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He was teaching daily in the temple, but the chief priests, the scribes, and the leading men among the people sought to destroy him.
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They couldn’t find what they might do, for all the people hung on to every word that he said.

Footnotes

(a)19:13 10 minas was more than 3 years’ wages for an agricultural laborer.
(b)19:29 TR, NU read “Bethpage” instead of “Bethsphage”
(c)19:38 ℘ Psalms 118:26
(d)19:46 ℘ Isaiah 56:7
(e)19:46 ℘ Jeremiah 7:11
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