Luke 19-20

Luke 19

¹And he entered and was passing through Jericho.

²And behold, a man called by name Zacchaeus; and he was a chief publican, and he was rich.

³And he sought to see Jesus who he was; and could not for the crowd, because he was little of stature.

⁴And he ran on before, and climbed up into a sycomore tree to see him: for he was to pass that way.

⁵And when Jesus came to the place, he looked up, and said unto him, Zacchaeus, make haste, and come down; for today I must abide at thy house.

⁶And he made haste, and came down, and received him joyfully.

⁷And when they saw it, they all murmured, saying, He is gone in to lodge with a man that is a sinner.

⁸And Zacchaeus stood, and said unto the Lord, Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have wrongfully exacted aught of any man, I restore fourfold.

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

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

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

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

¹³And he called ten servants of his, and gave them ten pounds, and said unto them, Trade ye herewith till I come.

¹⁴But his citizens hated him, and sent an ambassage after him, saying, We will not that this man reign over us.

¹⁵And it came to pass, when he was come back again, having received the kingdom, that he commanded these servants, unto whom he had given the money, to be called to him, that he might know what they had gained by trading.

¹⁶And the first came before him, saying, Lord, thy pound hath made ten pounds more.

¹⁷And he said unto him, Well done, thou good servant: because thou wast found faithful in a very little, have thou authority over ten cities.

¹⁸And the second came, saying, Thy pound, Lord, hath made five pounds.

¹⁹And he said unto him also, Be thou also over five cities.

²⁰And another came, saying, Lord, behold, here is thy pound, which I kept laid up in a napkin:

²¹for I feared thee, because thou art an austere man: thou takest up that thou layedst not down, and reapest that thou didst not sow.

²²He saith unto him, Out of thine own mouth will I judge thee, thou wicked servant. Thou knewest that I am an austere man, taking up that I laid not down, and reaping that I did not sow;

²³then wherefore gavest thou not my money into the bank, and I at my coming should have required it with interest?

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

²⁵And they said unto him, Lord, he hath ten pounds.

²⁶I say unto you, that unto every one that hath shall be given; but from him that hath not, even that which he hath shall be taken away from him.

²⁷Howbeit these mine enemies, which would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me.

²⁸And when he had thus spoken, he went on before, going up to Jerusalem.

²⁹And it came to pass, when he drew nigh unto Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount that is called the mount of Olives, he sent two of the disciples,

³⁰saying, Go your way into the village over against you; in the which as ye enter ye shall find a colt tied, whereon no man ever yet sat: loose him, and bring him.

³¹And if any one ask you, Why do ye loose him? thus shall ye say, The Lord hath need of him.

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

³³And as they were loosing the colt, the owners thereof said unto them, Why loose ye the colt?

³⁴And they said, The Lord hath need of him.

³⁵And they brought him to Jesus: and they threw their garments upon the colt, and set Jesus thereon.

³⁶And as he went, they spread their garments in the way.

³⁷And as he was now drawing nigh, even 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;

³⁸saying, Blessed is the King that cometh in the name of the Lord: peace in heaven, and glory in the highest.

³⁹And some of the Pharisees from the multitude said unto him, Master, rebuke thy disciples.

⁴⁰And he answered and said, I tell you that, if these shall hold their peace, the stones will cry out.

⁴¹And when he drew nigh, he saw the city and wept over it,

⁴²saying, If thou hadst known in this day, even thou, the things which belong unto peace! but now they are hid from thine eyes.

⁴³For the days shall come upon thee, when thine enemies shall cast up a bank about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side,

⁴⁴and shall dash thee to the ground, and thy children within thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.

⁴⁵And he entered into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold,

⁴⁶saying unto them, It is written, And my house shall be a house of prayer: but ye have made it a den of robbers.

⁴⁷And he was teaching daily in the temple. But the chief priests and the scribes and the principal men of the people sought to destroy him:

⁴⁸and they could not find what they might do; for the people all hung upon him, listening.

Luke 20

¹And it came to pass, on one of the days, as he was teaching the people in the temple, and preaching the gospel, there came upon him the chief priests and the scribes with the elders;

²and they spake, saying unto him, Tell us: By what authority doest thou these things? or who is he that gave thee this authority?

³And he answered and said unto them, I also will ask you a question; and tell me:

⁴The baptism of John, was it from heaven, or from men?

⁵And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say, Why did ye not believe him?

⁶But if we shall say, From men; all the people will stone us: for they be persuaded that John was a prophet.

⁷And they answered, that they knew not whence it was.

⁸And Jesus said unto them, Neither tell I you by what authority I do these things.

⁹And he began to speak unto the people this parable: A man planted a vineyard, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into another country for a long time.

¹⁰And at the season he sent unto the husbandmen a servant, that they should give him of the fruit of the vineyard: but the husbandmen beat him, and sent him away empty.

¹¹And he sent yet another servant: and him also they beat, and handled him shamefully, and sent him away empty.

¹²And he sent yet a third: and him also they wounded, and cast him forth.

¹³And the lord of the vineyard said, What shall I do? I will send my beloved son: it may be they will reverence him.

¹⁴But when the husbandmen saw him, they reasoned one with another, saying, This is the heir: let us kill him, that the inheritance may be ours.

¹⁵And they cast him forth out of the vineyard, and killed him. What therefore will the lord of the vineyard do unto them?

¹⁶He will come and destroy these husbandmen, and will give the vineyard unto others. And when they heard it, they said, God forbid.

¹⁷But he looked upon them, and said, What then is this that is written, The stone which the builders rejected, The same was made the head of the corner?

¹⁸Every one that falleth on that stone shall be broken to pieces; but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will scatter him as dust.

¹⁹And the scribes and the chief priests sought to lay hands on him in that very hour; and they feared the people: for they perceived that he spake this parable against them.

²⁰And they watched him, and sent forth spies, which feigned themselves to be righteous, that they might take hold of his speech, so as to deliver him up to the rule and to the authority of the governor.

²¹And they asked him, saying, Master, we know that thou sayest and teachest rightly, and acceptest not the person of any, but of a truth teachest the way of God:

²²Is it lawful for us to give tribute unto Caesar, or not?

²³But he perceived their craftiness, and said unto them,

²⁴Shew me a penny. Whose image and superscription hath it? And they said, Caesar’s.

²⁵And he said unto them, Then render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and unto God the things that are God’s.

²⁶And they were not able to take hold of the saying before the people: and they marveled at his answer, and held their peace.

²⁷And there came to him certain of the Sadducees, they which say that there is no resurrection; and they asked him,

²⁸saying, Master, Moses wrote unto us, that if a man’s brother die, having a wife, and he be childless, his brother should take the wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.

²⁹There were therefore seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and died childless;

³⁰and the second;

³¹and the third took her; and likewise the seven also left no children, and died.

³²Afterward the woman also died.

³³In the resurrection therefore whose wife of them shall she be? for the seven had her to wife.

³⁴And Jesus said unto them, The sons of this world marry, and are given in marriage:

³⁵but they that are accounted worthy to attain to that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage:

³⁶for neither can they die any more: for they are equal unto the angels; and are sons of God, being sons of the resurrection.

³⁷But that the dead are raised, even Moses shewed, in the place concerning the Bush, when he calleth the Lord the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.

³⁸Now he is not the God of the dead, but of the living: for all live unto him.

³⁹And certain of the scribes answering said, Master, thou hast well said.

⁴⁰For they durst not any more ask him any question.

⁴¹And he said unto them, How say they that the Christ is David’s son?

⁴²For David himself saith in the book of Psalms, The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand,

⁴³Till I make thine enemies the footstool of thy feet.

⁴⁴David therefore calleth him Lord, and how is he his son?

⁴⁵And in the hearing of all the people he said unto his disciples,

⁴⁶Beware of the scribes, which desire to walk in long robes, and love salutations in the marketplaces, and chief seats in the synagogues, and chief places at feasts;

⁴⁷which devour widows’ houses, and for a pretence make long prayers: these shall receive greater condemnation.