Luke 19:5-15

5 When Jesus came to the place, He looked up and said to him, "Zacchaeus, hurry and come down, because today I must stay at your house."
6 So he quickly came down and welcomed Him joyfully.
7 All who saw it began to complain, "He's gone to lodge with a sinful man!"
8 But Zacchaeus stood there and said to the Lord, "Look, I'll give[a] half of my possessions to the poor, Lord! And if I have extorted anything from anyone, I'll pay[b] back four times as much!"
9 "Today salvation has come to this house," Jesus told him, "because he too is a son of Abraham.
10 For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save the lost." [c]

The Parable of the 10 Minas

11 As they were listening to this, He went on to tell a parable because He was near Jerusalem, and they thought the kingdom of God was going to appear right away.
12 Therefore He said: "A nobleman traveled to a far country to receive for himself authority to be king [d] and then return.
13 He called 10 of his slaves, gave them 10 minas, [e] and told them, 'Engage in business until I come back.'
14 "But his subjects hated him and sent a delegation after him, saying, 'We don't want this man to rule over us!'
15 "At his return, having received the authority to be king, [f] he summoned those slaves he had given the money to so he could find out how much they had made in business.

Footnotes 6

  • [a]. Or I give
  • [b]. Or I pay
  • [c]. Or save what was lost
  • [d]. Lit to receive for himself a kingdom or sovereignty
  • [e]. Gk coin worth 100 drachma or about 100 days' wages
  • [f]. Lit to receive for himself a kingdom or sovereignty
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