Jesus and Zacchaeus
1 1He entered Jericho and was passing through.
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And there was a man named Zacchaeus. He was a chief tax collector and was rich.
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And
2he was seeking to see who Jesus was, but on account of the crowd he could not, because he was small of stature.
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So he ran on ahead and climbed up into
3a sycamore tree to see him, for he was about to pass that way.
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And when Jesus came to the place, he looked up and said to him,
"Zacchaeus, hurry and come down, for 4I must stay at your house today."
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So he hurried and came down and
5received him joyfully.
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And when they saw it, they all
6grumbled, "He has gone in to be the guest of a man who is a sinner."
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And Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, "Behold, Lord, the half of my goods
7I give to the poor. And if I have
8defrauded anyone of anything, I restore it
9fourfold."
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And Jesus said to him,
"Today salvation has come to this house, since 10he also is a son of Abraham.
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For 11the 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
12they supposed that the kingdom of God was to appear immediately.
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He said therefore,
13"A nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom and then return.
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Calling 14ten of his servants, he gave them ten minas, and said to them, 'Engage in business 15until I come.'
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But 16his citizens hated him and sent a delegation after him, saying, 'We do not want this man to reign over us.'
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When he returned, having received the kingdom, he ordered these servants to whom he had given the money to be called to him, that he might know what they had gained by doing business.
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The first came before him, saying, 'Lord, your mina has made ten minas more.'
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And he said to him, 'Well done, good servant! Because you have been 17faithful in a very little, 18you shall have authority over ten cities.'
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And the second came, saying, 'Lord, your mina has made five minas.'
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And he said to him, 'And you are to be over five cities.'
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Then another came, saying, 'Lord, here is your mina, which I kept laid away in 19a handkerchief;
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for I was afraid of you, because you are 20a severe man. You take 21what you did not deposit, and reap what you did not sow.'
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He said to him, 22'I will condemn you with your own words, 23you wicked servant! You knew that I was 24a severe man, taking what I did not deposit and reaping what I did not sow?
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Why then did you not put my money in the bank, and at my coming I might have collected it with interest?'
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And he said to those who stood by, 'Take the mina from him, and give it to the one who has the ten minas.'
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And they said to him, 'Lord, he has ten minas!'
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'I tell you that 25to everyone who has, more will be given, but from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away.
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But 26as for these enemies of mine, who did not want me to reign over them, bring them here and 27slaughter them before me.'"