Luke 19:1-28

1And he entered and passed through Jericho.

2And behold, [there was] a man by name called Zacchaeus, and he was chief tax-gatherer, and he was rich.

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

4And running on before, he got up into a sycamore that he might see him, for he was going to pass that [way].

5And when he came up to the place, Jesus looked up and saw him, and said to him, Zacchaeus, make haste and come down, for to-day I must remain in thy house.

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

7And all murmured when they saw [it], saying, He has turned in to lodge with a sinful man.

8But Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor, and if I have taken anything from any man by false accusation, I return [him] fourfold.

9And Jesus said to him, To-day salvation is come to this house, inasmuch as he also is a son of Abraham;

10for the Son of man has come to seek and to save that which is lost.

11But as they were listening to these things, he added and spake a parable, because he was near to Jerusalem and they thought that the kingdom of 1God was about to be immediately manifested.

12He said therefore, A certain high-born man went to a distant country to receive for himself a kingdom and return.

13And having called his own ten bondmen, he gave to them ten minas, and said to them, Trade while I am coming.

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

15And it came to pass on his arrival back again, having received the kingdom, that he desired these bondmen to whom he gave the money to be called to him, in order that he might know what every one had gained by trading.

16And the first came up, saying, [My] Lord, thy mina has produced ten minas.

17And he said to him, Well [done], thou good bondman; because thou hast been faithful in that which is least, be thou in authority over ten cities.

18And the second came, saying, [My] Lord, thy mina has made five minas.

19And he said also to this one, And thou, be over five cities.

20And another came, saying, [My] Lord, lo, [there is] thy mina, which I have kept laid up in a towel.

21For I feared thee because thou art a harsh man: thou takest up what thou hast not laid down, and thou reapest what thou hast not sowed.

22He says to him, Out of thy mouth will I judge thee, wicked bondman: thou knewest that I am a harsh man, taking up what I have not laid down and reaping what I have not sowed.

23And why didst thou not give my money to [the] bank; and I should have received it, at my coming, with interest?

24And he said to those that stood by, Take from him the mina and give [it] to him who has the ten minas.

25And they said to him, Lord, he has ten minas.

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

27Moreover those mine enemies, who would not [have] me to reign over them, bring them here and slay [them] before me.

28And having said these things, he went on before, going up to Jerusalem.