Luke 19


Zacchaeus the Tax Collector

What happened as Jesus approached Jericho? (Luke 18:31-43)
Who entered Jericho? (Verse 1)
Where was Zacchaeus? (verse 1-2)
Who was Zacchaeus? (Verse 1-10)
What did Zacchaeus climb? (verse 3-4)
Why did he climb it? (Luke 18:31-10)
How does Jesus address Zacchaeus? (verse 5)
How does Zacchaeus receive this word from Jesus? (Verse 5-9)
How did the people react to verse 5-6? (verse 7)
What does Zacchaeus say he does now? (Verse 8)
Where does Jesus say salvation has come to? (Verse 9)
What does Jesus say about Zacchaeus? (Verse 9?
What does Jesus say about the Son of Man? (Verse 9)

The Parable of the Ten Minas

When did Jesus tell them the parable in verses 12-27? (Luke 18:31-19:11)
Why did Jesus tell them the parable in verses 12-27? (verse 11)
Who was going to a distant country? (Verse 12)
What was the purpose of him leaving? (Verse 12)
How many of his servants did he call? (Verse 13)
What did he give them? (Verse 13)
What did he command? (Verse 13)
Who hated him? (Verse 14)
What did they send a delegation to say? (Verse 14)
Did he accomplish his mission? (verse 15)
Who did he send for? (verse 15)
Why did he send for them? (verse 15)
What did the first one report? (Verse 16)
How was the first servant's report received? (verse 17)
What did the master intrust with his servant after this? (Verse 17)
What did the second some and say? (Verse 18)
What did his master answer with? (Verse 19)
What is the context of this parable? (Luke 18:1-Luke 19:30)
What did another servant come and say? (Verse 20)
Where did he keep it? (Verse 20)
Why was he afraid? (Verse 21)
What did he say about his master? (Verse 21)
What did his master say he will judge him by? (Verse 22)
What did he judge his servant to be? (Verse 22)
What did his master ask him? (Verse 23)
What does he command to those standing by? (Verse 24)
What is the response of those who hear this? (verse 25)
(cor. Mark 4:25)
“He replied, ‘I tell you that to everyone who has, more will be ___________, but as for the one who has nothing, even what they have will be taken away." (Verse 26) (cor. Mark 4:25)
 "But those enemies of mine who did not want me to be __________ over them—bring them here and kill them in front of me.’” (Verse 27)

Jesus Comes to Jerusalem as King

Where did Jesus go? (28)
When did he go there? (Verse 1-28)
What was the hill called? (Verse 29)
Who did Jesus send? (Verse 29)
What village did Jesus send them to? (Verse 30)
What did Jesus say they would find as they entered the village? (verse 30)
Had anyone ridden the colt? (Verse 30)
What were they to do with the colt? (verse 30)
Where were they to bring the colt? (Verse 30)
What was their response to be if someone asks them why they are untying it? (Verse 31)
Who went and found it just as he had told them? (Verse 32)
Who asked, "Why are you untying the colt?" (verse 33)
Who replied, "The Lord needs it."? (verse 30-34)
What did they bring to Jesus? (verse 30-35)
What did they do with their cloaks? (Verse 35)
Who did they put on it? (Verse 35)
What happened on the road? (Verse 36)
Who began to joyfully praise God? (Verse 37)
How did they praise God? (Verse 37)
What specifically did they speak loudly of? (Verse 37)
Where did they do this? (Verse 37)

38 “Blessed is the ______ who comes in the name of the Lord!”
“Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!” (verse 38)

What did some of the Pharisees in the crowd say to Jesus? (verse 39)
Would there be silence they were quiet? (Verse 39)
Did Jesus leap for joy when he saw Jerusalem? (verse 41)
“If you, even you, had only known on this day what would bring you peace—but now it is __________ from your eyes. The days will come upon you when your enemies will build an embankment against you and encircle you and hem you in on every side. They will dash you to the ground, you and the children within your walls.They will not leave one stone on another, because you did not __________ ______ _______ of God’s coming to you.” (42-44)

Jesus at the Temple

Where did Jesus enter? (verse 45)
Who did Jesus drive out? (Verse 45)
What did Jesus say? (Verse 46)
Does Jesus say "It is written"? (Verse 46)
My house will be a house of ___________ (verse 46)
"Every day he was teaching at the __________. But the chief priests, the teachers of the law and the leaders among the people were trying to kill him. Yet they could not find any way to do it, because all the people hung on his words."  (47-48)
Why couldn't the leaders kill Jesus? (Verse 48)


Interpretation
Who entered Jericho with Jesus? (Luke 18-19)
Was Zachaeus (excited/glad)? (7-10)
What do the names Bethphage and Bethany mean?
Was Jesus with the two he sent in verse 30-34?
What did Jesus send with the two he sent in verse 30-34?
How bold were they by untying someone's colt and giving them that reason?
What did the disciples reference in verse 38? (see footnotes)
What is spoken about in Psalm 118 and how might this describe the disciples' understanding of what was happening? 

Correlation 

Luke 15:13 - Luke 19:30

Are there any other recorded stories in the other Gospels that happens between Jericho and Jerusalem? 


"For the stone will cry out from the wall, and the beam from the woodwork respond." - Habakkuk 2:11  cor. Luke 19:40

Thoughts

“For you shall go out in joy and be led forth in peace; the mountains and the hills before you shall break forth into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands." - Isaiah 55:12

Psalm 148

Praise the Lord.
Praise the Lord from the heavens;
    praise him in the heights above.
Praise him, all his angels;
    praise him, all his heavenly hosts.
Praise him, sun and moon;
    praise him, all you shining stars.
Praise him, you highest heavens
    and you waters above the skies.
Let them praise the name of the Lord,
    for at his command they were created,
and he established them for ever and ever—
    he issued a decree that will never pass away.
Praise the Lord from the earth,
    you great sea creatures and all ocean depths,
lightning and hail, snow and clouds,
    stormy winds that do his bidding,
you mountains and all hills,
    fruit trees and all cedars,
10 wild animals and all cattle,
    small creatures and flying birds,
11 kings of the earth and all nations,
    you princes and all rulers on earth,
12 young men and women,
    old men and children.
13 Let them praise the name of the Lord,
    for his name alone is exalted;
    his splendor is above the earth and the heavens.
14 And he has raised up for his people a horn,[b]
    the praise of all his faithful servants,
    of Israel, the people close to his heart.
Praise the Lord.

"Sing praises to God, sing praises! Sing praises to our King, sing praises!" - Psalm 47:6

"Let everything that has breath praise the Lord! Praise the Lord!" - Psalm 150:6

"Oh sing to the Lord a new song; sing to the Lord, all the earth!" - Psalm 96:1

"The people whom I formed for myself that they might declare my praise." - Isaiah 43:21

"Oh come, let us sing to the Lord; let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation!" - Psalm 95:1

"Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised, and his greatness is unsearchable." - Psalm 145:3

"The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky above proclaims his handiwork." - Psalm 19:1

"Let this be recorded for a generation to come, so that a people yet to be created may praise the Lord:" - Psalm 102:18

"Let them praise his name with dancing, making melody to him with tambourine and lyre!" - Psalm 149:3

"And do not presume to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father,’ for I tell you, God is able from these stones to raise up children for Abraham." Matthew 3:9

Psalm 150

Praise the Lord.
Praise God in his sanctuary;
    praise him in his mighty heavens.
Praise him for his acts of power;
    praise him for his surpassing greatness.
Praise him with the sounding of the trumpet,
    praise him with the harp and lyre,
praise him with timbrel and dancing,
    praise him with the strings and pipe,
praise him with the clash of cymbals,
    praise him with resounding cymbals.
Let everything that has breath praise the Lord.
Praise the Lord.

Psalm 104

Praise the Lord, my soul.
Lord my God, you are very great;
    you are clothed with splendor and majesty.
The Lord wraps himself in light as with a garment;
    he stretches out the heavens like a tent
    and lays the beams of his upper chambers on their waters.
He makes the clouds his chariot
    and rides on the wings of the wind.
He makes winds his messengers, 
    flames of fire his servants.
He set the earth on its foundations;
    it can never be moved.
You covered it with the watery depths as with a garment;
    the waters stood above the mountains.
But at your rebuke the waters fled,
    at the sound of your thunder they took to flight;
they flowed over the mountains,
    they went down into the valleys,
    to the place you assigned for them.
You set a boundary they cannot cross;
    never again will they cover the earth.
10 He makes springs pour water into the ravines;
    it flows between the mountains.
11 They give water to all the beasts of the field;
    the wild donkeys quench their thirst.
12 The birds of the sky nest by the waters;
    they sing among the branches.
13 He waters the mountains from his upper chambers;
    the land is satisfied by the fruit of his work.
14 He makes grass grow for the cattle,
    and plants for people to cultivate—
    bringing forth food from the earth:
15 wine that gladdens human hearts,
    oil to make their faces shine,
    and bread that sustains their hearts.
16 The trees of the Lord are well watered,
    the cedars of Lebanon that he planted.
17 There the birds make their nests;
    the stork has its home in the junipers.
18 The high mountains belong to the wild goats;
    the crags are a refuge for the hyrax.
19 He made the moon to mark the seasons,
    and the sun knows when to go down.
20 You bring darkness, it becomes night,
    and all the beasts of the forest prowl.
21 The lions roar for their prey
    and seek their food from God.
22 The sun rises, and they steal away;
    they return and lie down in their dens.
23 Then people go out to their work,
    to their labor until evening.
24 How many are your works, Lord!
    In wisdom you made them all;
    the earth is full of your creatures.
25 There is the sea, vast and spacious,
    teeming with creatures beyond number—
    living things both large and small.
26 There the ships go to and fro,
    and Leviathan, which you formed to frolic there.
27 All creatures look to you
    to give them their food at the proper time.
28 When you give it to them,
    they gather it up;
when you open your hand,
    they are satisfied with good things.
29 When you hide your face,
    they are terrified;
when you take away their breath,
    they die and return to the dust.
30 When you send your Spirit,
    they are created,
    and you renew the face of the ground.
31 May the glory of the Lord endure forever;
    may the Lord rejoice in his works
32 he who looks at the earth, and it trembles,
    who touches the mountains, and they smoke.
33 I will sing to the Lord all my life;
    I will sing praise to my God as long as I live.
34 May my meditation be pleasing to him,
    as I rejoice in the Lord.
35 But may sinners vanish from the earth
    and the wicked be no more.
Praise the Lord, my soul.
Praise the Lord.

"I will praise the name of God with a song; I will magnify him with thanksgiving." - Psalm 69:30 

"A Psalm. A Song for the Sabbath. It is good to give thanks to the Lord, to sing praises to your name, O Most High;" - Psalm 92:1

“Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and will not be afraid; for the Lord God is my strength and my song, and he has become my salvation.” - Isaiah 12:2

"Praise the Lord, for the Lord is good; sing to his name, for it is pleasant!" - Psalm 135:3

"Praise the Lord! I will give thanks to the Lord with my whole heart, in the company of the upright, in the congregation." - Psalm 111:1

"I will sing to the Lord as long as I live; I will sing praise to my God while I have being." - Psalm 104:33

"Exalt the Lord our God; worship at his footstool! Holy is he!" - Psalm 99:5

"But I will sing of your strength; I will sing aloud of your steadfast love in the morning. For you have been to me a fortress and a refuge in the day of my distress." - Psalm 59:16

"For God is the King of all the earth; sing praises with a psalm!" - Psalm 47:7

"I will bless the Lord at all times; his praise shall continually be in my mouth. My soul makes its boast in the Lord; let the humble hear and be glad. Oh, magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt his name together!" - Psalm 34:1-3

"Sing to him a new song; play skillfully on the strings, with loud shouts." - Psalm 33:3

"You have turned for me my mourning into dancing; you have loosed my sackcloth and clothed me with gladness, that my glory may sing your praise and not be silent. O Lord my God, I will give thanks to you forever!" - Psalm 30:11-12

"Be exalted, O Lord, in your strength! We will sing and praise your power." - Psalm 21:13

"It is the Lord who goes before you. He will be with you; he will not leave you or forsake you. Do not fear or be dismayed.” - Deuteronomy 31:8

"Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your king is coming to you; righteous and having salvation is he, humble and mounted on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey." - Zechariah 9:9

"My mouth will speak the praise of the Lord, and let all flesh bless his holy name forever and ever." - Psalm 145:21

"For great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised; he is to be feared above all gods." - Psalm 96:4

"Of David, when he changed his behavior before Abimelech, so that he drove him out, and he went away. I will bless the Lord at all times; his praise shall continually be in my mouth." - Psalm 34:1

"Shout for joy in the Lord, O you righteous! Praise befits the upright. Give thanks to the Lord with the lyre; make melody to him with the harp of ten strings! Sing to him a new song; play skillfully on the strings, with loud shouts." Psalm 33:1-3


"And when he had taken counsel with the people, he appointed those who were to sing to the Lord and praise him in holy attire, as they went before the army, and say, “Give thanks to the Lord, for his steadfast love endures forever.” - 2 Chronicles 20:21

"Ascribe to the Lord the glory due his name; bring an offering and come before him! Worship the Lord in the splendor of holiness;" - 1 Chronicles 16:29

"The Lord is my strength and my song, and he has become my salvation; this is my God, and I will praise him, my father's God, and I will exalt him." - Exodus 15:2

Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.” - Genesis 1:26

"Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God." - Colossians 3:16

"For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him." - Colossians 1:16

"Praise the Lord from the earth, you great sea creatures and all deeps," - Psalm 148:7

"Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem! Praise your God, O Zion!" - Psalm 147:12

"I will sing a new song to you, O God; upon a ten-stringed harp I will play to you," - Psalm 144:9

"Of David. I give you thanks, O Lord, with my whole heart; before the gods I sing your praise;" - Psalm 138:1

"Praise the Lord, all nations! Extol him, all peoples! For great is his steadfast love toward us, and the faithfulness of the Lord endures forever. Praise the Lord!" - Psalm 117:1-2 

"I will give thanks to you, O Lord, among the peoples; I will sing praises to you among the nations." - Psalm 108:3

"Enter his gates with thanksgiving, and his courts with praise! Give thanks to him; bless his name!" - Psalm 100:4

"Serve the Lord with gladness! Come into his presence with singing!" - Psalm 100:2

"The Lord reigns; let the peoples tremble! He sits enthroned upon the cherubim; let the earth quake!" Psalm 99:1

"Oh sing to the Lord a new song, for he has done marvelous things! His right hand and his holy arm have worked salvation for him." Psalm 98:1

"Oh come, let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before the Lord, our Maker!" - Psalm 95:6

"So will I ever sing praises to your name, as I perform my vows day after day." - Psalm 61:8

"Then I will go to the altar of God, to God my exceeding joy, and I will praise you with the lyre, O God, my God." - Psalm 43:4

"Give thanks to the Lord with the lyre; make melody to him with the harp of ten strings!" - Psalm 33:2

"Sing praises to the Lord, O you his saints, and give thanks to his holy name." - Psalm 30:4

"Ascribe to the Lord the glory due his name; worship the Lord in the splendor of holiness." - Psalm 29:2

"Yet you are holy, enthroned on the praises of Israel." - Psalm 22:3

Psalm 22New International Version (NIV)

Psalm 22

For the director of music. To the tune of “The Doe of the Morning.” A psalm of David.

My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?
    Why are you so far from saving me,
    so far from my cries of anguish?
My God, I cry out by day, but you do not answer,
    by night, but I find no rest.
Yet you are enthroned as the Holy One;
    you are the one Israel praises.
In you our ancestors put their trust;
    they trusted and you delivered them.
To you they cried out and were saved;
    in you they trusted and were not put to shame.
But I am a worm and not a man,
    scorned by everyone, despised by the people.
All who see me mock me;
    they hurl insults, shaking their heads.
“He trusts in the Lord,” they say,
    “let the Lord rescue him.
Let him deliver him,
    since he delights in him.”
Yet you brought me out of the womb;
    you made me trust in you, even at my mother’s breast.
10 From birth I was cast on you;
    from my mother’s womb you have been my God.
11 Do not be far from me,
    for trouble is near
    and there is no one to help.
12 Many bulls surround me;
    strong bulls of Bashan encircle me.
13 Roaring lions that tear their prey
    open their mouths wide against me.
14 I am poured out like water,
    and all my bones are out of joint.
My heart has turned to wax;
    it has melted within me.
15 My mouth is dried up like a potsherd,
    and my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth;
    you lay me in the dust of death.
16 Dogs surround me,
    a pack of villains encircles me;
    they pierce my hands and my feet.
17 All my bones are on display;
    people stare and gloat over me.
18 They divide my clothes among them
    and cast lots for my garment.
19 But you, Lord, do not be far from me.
    You are my strength; come quickly to help me.
20 Deliver me from the sword,
    my precious life from the power of the dogs.
21 Rescue me from the mouth of the lions;
    save me from the horns of the wild oxen.
22 I will declare your name to my people;
    in the assembly I will praise you.
23 You who fear the Lord, praise him!
    All you descendants of Jacob, honor him!
    Revere him, all you descendants of Israel!
24 For he has not despised or scorned
    the suffering of the afflicted one;
he has not hidden his face from him
    but has listened to his cry for help.
25 From you comes the theme of my praise in the great assembly;
    before those who fear you I will fulfill my vows.
26 The poor will eat and be satisfied;
    those who seek the Lord will praise him—
    may your hearts live forever!
27 All the ends of the earth
    will remember and turn to the Lord,
and all the families of the nations
    will bow down before him,
28 for dominion belongs to the Lord
    and he rules over the nations.
29 All the rich of the earth will feast and worship;
    all who go down to the dust will kneel before him—
    those who cannot keep themselves alive.
30 Posterity will serve him;
    future generations will be told about the Lord.
31 They will proclaim his righteousness,
    declaring to a people yet unborn:
    He has done it!

Psalm 18

For the director of music. Of David the servant of the Lord. He sang to the Lord the words of this song when the Lord delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul. He said:

I love you, Lord, my strength.
The Lord is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer;
    my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge,
    my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
I called to the Lord, who is worthy of praise,
    and I have been saved from my enemies.
The cords of death entangled me;
    the torrents of destruction overwhelmed me.
The cords of the grave coiled around me;
    the snares of death confronted me.
In my distress I called to the Lord;
    I cried to my God for help.
From his temple he heard my voice;
    my cry came before him, into his ears.
The earth trembled and quaked,
    and the foundations of the mountains shook;
    they trembled because he was angry.
Smoke rose from his nostrils;
    consuming fire came from his mouth,
    burning coals blazed out of it.
He parted the heavens and came down;
    dark clouds were under his feet.
10 He mounted the cherubim and flew;
    he soared on the wings of the wind.
11 He made darkness his covering, his canopy around him—
    the dark rain clouds of the sky.
12 Out of the brightness of his presence clouds advanced,
    with hailstones and bolts of lightning.
13 The Lord thundered from heaven;
    the voice of the Most High resounded.
14 He shot his arrows and scattered the enemy,
    with great bolts of lightning he routed them.
15 The valleys of the sea were exposed
    and the foundations of the earth laid bare
at your rebuke, Lord,
    at the blast of breath from your nostrils.
16 He reached down from on high and took hold of me;
    he drew me out of deep waters.
17 He rescued me from my powerful enemy,
    from my foes, who were too strong for me.
18 They confronted me in the day of my disaster,
    but the Lord was my support.
19 He brought me out into a spacious place;
    he rescued me because he delighted in me.
20 The Lord has dealt with me according to my righteousness;
    according to the cleanness of my hands he has rewarded me.
21 For I have kept the ways of the Lord;
    I am not guilty of turning from my God.
22 All his laws are before me;
    I have not turned away from his decrees.
23 I have been blameless before him
    and have kept myself from sin.
24 The Lord has rewarded me according to my righteousness,
    according to the cleanness of my hands in his sight.
25 To the faithful you show yourself faithful,
    to the blameless you show yourself blameless,
26 to the pure you show yourself pure,
    but to the devious you show yourself shrewd.
27 You save the humble
    but bring low those whose eyes are haughty.
28 You, Lord, keep my lamp burning;
    my God turns my darkness into light.
29 With your help I can advance against a troop;
    with my God I can scale a wall.
30 As for God, his way is perfect:
    The Lord’s word is flawless;
    he shields all who take refuge in him.
31 For who is God besides the Lord?
    And who is the Rock except our God?
32 It is God who arms me with strength
    and keeps my way secure.
33 He makes my feet like the feet of a deer;
    he causes me to stand on the heights.
34 He trains my hands for battle;
    my arms can bend a bow of bronze.
35 You make your saving help my shield,
    and your right hand sustains me;
    your help has made me great.
36 You provide a broad path for my feet,
    so that my ankles do not give way.
37 I pursued my enemies and overtook them;
    I did not turn back till they were destroyed.
38 I crushed them so that they could not rise;
    they fell beneath my feet.
39 You armed me with strength for battle;
    you humbled my adversaries before me.
40 You made my enemies turn their backs in flight,
    and I destroyed my foes.
41 They cried for help, but there was no one to save them
    to the Lord, but he did not answer.
42 I beat them as fine as windblown dust;
    I trampled them like mud in the streets.
43 You have delivered me from the attacks of the people;
    you have made me the head of nations.
People I did not know now serve me,
44     foreigners cower before me;
    as soon as they hear of me, they obey me.
45 They all lose heart;
    they come trembling from their strongholds.
46 The Lord lives! Praise be to my Rock!
    Exalted be God my Savior!
47 He is the God who avenges me,
    who subdues nations under me,
48     who saves me from my enemies.
You exalted me above my foes;
    from a violent man you rescued me.
49 Therefore I will praise you, Lord, among the nations;
    I will sing the praises of your name.
50 He gives his king great victories;
    he shows unfailing love to his anointed,
    to David and to his descendants forever.

"Sing praises to the Lord, who sits enthroned in Zion! Tell among the peoples his deeds!" - Psalm 9:11

"I will give to the Lord the thanks due to his righteousness, and I will sing praise to the name of the Lord, the Most High." - Psalm 7:17

"And they sang responsively, praising and giving thanks to the Lord, “For he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever toward Israel.” And all the people shouted with a great shout when they praised the Lord, because the foundation of the house of the Lord was laid." - Ezra 3:11

"And when they began to sing and praise, the Lord set an ambush against the men of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir, who had come against Judah, so that they were routed." - Chronicles 20:22

The reason for praise has come to Jerusalem
But what will he find when He enters into the one who praises Him?
The House of Prayer had become a den of robbers and the leaders sought to kill Jesus.
Why couldn't the leaders kill Jesus? (Verse 48)

Application
Run ahead and Seek Him 
Do with what He has given
Praise Him and Be Worshipful
Diligently Seek to be a House of Prayer


Luke 19New International Version (NIV)

Zacchaeus the Tax Collector

19 Jesus entered Jericho and was passing through. A man was there by the name of Zacchaeus; he was a chief tax collector and was wealthy. He wanted to see who Jesus was, but because he was short he could not see over the crowd.So he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore-fig tree to see him, since Jesus was coming that way.
When Jesus reached the spot, he looked up and said to him, “Zacchaeus, come down immediately. I must stay at your house today.” So he came down at once and welcomed him gladly.
All the people saw this and began to mutter, “He has gone to be the guest of a sinner.”
But Zacchaeus stood up and said to the Lord, “Look, Lord! Here and now I give half of my possessions to the poor, and if I have cheated anybody out of anything,I will pay back four times the amount.”
Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, because this man, too, is a son of Abraham. 10 For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”

The Parable of the Ten Minas

11 While they were listening to this, he went on to tell them a parable, because he was near Jerusalem and the people thought that the kingdom of God was going to appear at once. 12 He said: “A man of noble birth went to a distant country to have himself appointed king and then to return. 13 So he called ten of his servants and gave them ten minas.[a] ‘Put this money to work,’ he said, ‘until I come back.’
14 “But his subjects hated him and sent a delegation after him to say, ‘We don’t want this man to be our king.’
15 “He was made king, however, and returned home. Then he sent for the servants to whom he had given the money, in order to find out what they had gained with it.
16 “The first one came and said, ‘Sir, your mina has earned ten more.’
17 “‘Well done, my good servant!’ his master replied. ‘Because you have been trustworthy in a very small matter, take charge of ten cities.’
18 “The second came and said, ‘Sir, your mina has earned five more.’
19 “His master answered, ‘You take charge of five cities.’
20 “Then another servant came and said, ‘Sir, here is your mina; I have kept it laid away in a piece of cloth. 21 I was afraid of you, because you are a hard man. You take out what you did not put in and reap what you did not sow.’
22 “His master replied, ‘I will judge you by your own words, you wicked servant! You knew, did you, that I am a hard man, taking out what I did not put in, and reaping what I did not sow? 23 Why then didn’t you put my money on deposit, so that when I came back, I could have collected it with interest?’
24 “Then he said to those standing by, ‘Take his mina away from him and give it to the one who has ten minas.’
25 “‘Sir,’ they said, ‘he already has ten!’
26 “He replied, ‘I tell you that to everyone who has, more will be given, but as for the one who has nothing, even what they have will be taken away. 27 But those enemies of mine who did not want me to be king over them—bring them here and kill them in front of me.’”

Jesus Comes to Jerusalem as King

28 After Jesus had said this, he went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem. 29 As he approached Bethphage and Bethany at the hill called the Mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples, saying to them, 30 “Go to the village ahead of you, and as you enter it, you will find a colt tied there, which no one has ever ridden. Untie it and bring it here. 31 If anyone asks you, ‘Why are you untying it?’ say, ‘The Lord needs it.’”
32 Those who were sent ahead went and found it just as he had told them. 33 As they were untying the colt, its owners asked them, “Why are you untying the colt?”
34 They replied, “The Lord needs it.”
35 They brought it to Jesus, threw their cloaks on the colt and put Jesus on it. 36 As he went along, people spread their cloaks on the road.
37 When he came near the place where the road goes down the Mount of Olives,the whole crowd of disciples began joyfully to praise God in loud voices for all the miracles they had seen:
38 “Blessed is the king who comes in the name of the Lord!”[b]
“Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!”
39 Some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to Jesus, “Teacher, rebuke your disciples!”
40 “I tell you,” he replied, “if they keep quiet, the stones will cry out.”
41 As he approached Jerusalem and saw the city, he wept over it 42 and said, “If you, even you, had only known on this day what would bring you peace—but now it is hidden from your eyes. 43 The days will come upon you when your enemies will build an embankment against you and encircle you and hem you in on every side. 44 They will dash you to the ground, you and the children within your walls.They will not leave one stone on another, because you did not recognize the time of God’s coming to you.”

Jesus at the Temple

45 When Jesus entered the temple courts, he began to drive out those who were selling. 46 “It is written,” he said to them, “‘My house will be a house of prayer’[c];but you have made it ‘a den of robbers.’[d]
47 Every day he was teaching at the temple. But the chief priests, the teachers of the law and the leaders among the people were trying to kill him. 48 Yet they could not find any way to do it, because all the people hung on his words.

Footnotes:

  1. Luke 19:13 A mina was about three months’ wages.
  2. Luke 19:38 Psalm 118:26
  3. Luke 19:46 Isaiah 56:7
  4. Luke 19:46 Jer. 7:11

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