Luke 19:3-13

3 And ¹he was seeking to see who Jesus was, but on account of the crowd he could not, because he was small in stature.

4 So he ran on ahead and climbed up into ²a sycamore tree to see him, for he was about to pass that way.

5 And when Jesus came to the place, he looked up and said to him, “Zacchaeus, hurry and come down, for ³I must stay at your house today. ”

6 So he hurried and came down and ⁴received him joyfully.

7 And when they saw it, they all ⁵grumbled, “He has gone in to be the guest of a man who is a sinner. ”

8 And Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, “Behold, Lord, the half of my goods ⁶I give to the poor. And if I have ⁷defrauded anyone of anything, I restore it ⁸fourfold. ”

9 And Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, since ⁹he also is a son of Abraham.

10 For ¹⁰the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost. ”

The Parable of the Ten Minas

11 As they heard these things, he proceeded to tell a parable, because he was near to Jerusalem, and because ¹¹they supposed that the kingdom of God was to appear immediately.

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

13 Calling ¹³ten of his servants, ^[a] he gave them ten minas, ^[b] and said to them, ‘Engage in business ¹⁴until I come. ’

Cross References

• 1. 19:3 [John 12:21]
• 2. 19:4 1 Kgs. 10:27; 1 Chr. 27:28; Ps. 78:47; Isa. 9:10
• 3. 19:5 [ch. 13:33]
• 4. 19:6 ch. 10:38
• 5. 19:7 See ch. 15:2
• 6. 19:8 [ch. 18:22]
• 7. 19:8 ch. 3:14
• 8. 19:8 Ex. 22:1; 2 Sam. 12:6
• 9. 19:9 John 8:33; Rom. 4:11, 12, 16; Gal. 3:7
• 10. 19:10 Ezek. 34:11, 16; [ch. 15:4; Matt. 9:13; 10:6; 15:24; 18:12]
• 11. 19:11 [ch. 17:20; Acts 1:6]
• 12. 19:12 For ver. 12-27, [Matt. 25:14-30; Mark 13:34]
• 13. 19:13 Matt. 25:1
• 14. 19:13 [John 21:22, 23]

Footnotes

• [a] 19:13 Greek 'bondservants'; also verse 15
• [b] 19:13 A 'mina' was about three months’ wages for a laborer