¹ And he entered and was going through Jericho.

² And behold, a man called by the name Zacchaeus was there and he himself was a chief tax collector and this one was rich.

³ And he was seeking to see Jesus; who he is, and was not able from the crowd, because he was little in stature.

⁴ And he ran ahead before the crowd and ascended up upon a sycamore fig tree in-order-that he might see him, because he was about to go through that way.

⁵ And as he came to the place, Jesus looked up and saw him, and said to him, Zacchaeus, after you have hurried, come-down; for$ it is essential for me to abide in your house today.

⁶ And he hurried and came-down and accepted him, rejoicing.

⁷ And they saw it and were all murmuring, saying, He has entered to board with a man, a sinner.

⁸ Now Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, Behold, Lord, I give half of my possessions to the poor, and if I cheated anyone of anything, I repay them quadruple.

⁹ Now Jesus said to him, Today salvation has happened to this house, insomuch as he himself is also a son of Abraham.

¹⁰ For$ the Son of Man came to seek and save what has been lost. {Similar: Mat 25:14-30, Luk 14:15-24}

¹¹ Now while they themselves are hearing these things, he added and spoke a parable, because he himself being near to Jerusalem, and because they think that the kingdom of God is about to be instantly manifested.

¹² Therefore, he said: A certain noble man traveled into a far away region, to receive a kingdom for himself and to return.

¹³ Now he called ten of his bondservants, and gave them ten two-hundred denarii-coins, and said to them, Trade° with this until I come.

¹⁴ But his citizens were hating him and sent an emissary after him, saying, We do not wish that this one reign over us.

¹⁵ And it happened, while$ he was coming back again after he received the kingdom, and he said that these bondservants to whom he had given the silver, to be summoned to him, in-order-that he might know who had made what by trading.

¹⁶ Now the first came$, saying, Lord, your two-hundred denarii-coins has been worked up to ten two-hundred denarii-coins more.

¹⁷ And he said to him, Well done, good bondservant, because you became faithful in the least matters. You have ten cities. Be the authority over them.

¹⁸ And the second came, saying, Your two-hundred denarii-coins, Lord, made$ five two-hundred denarii-coins.

¹⁹ But he also said to this one, You, become the authority over five cities.

²⁰ And a different bondservant came, saying, Lord, behold, here is your two-hundred denarii-coins, which I was holding, laying it up in a handkerchief;

²¹ for$ I was fearing you, because you are an austere man. You lift up from what you did not lay down and reap what you did not sow.

²² But he says to him, I will be judging you out-of your own mouth, you evil bondservant. You knew that I am an austere man, lifting up from what I did not lay down and reaping what I did not sow?

²³ And why did you not give my silver over to the bank, and after I came back, I would have appropriated it together-with interest?

²⁴ And he said to the ones standing beside him, Take° the two-hundred denarii-coins from him, and give° it to the one having the ten two-hundred denarii-coins.

²⁵ And they said to him, Lord, he has ten two-hundred denarii-coins.

²⁶ For$ I say to you°, To everyone who has, will be given, but from the one having nothing, even what he has will be taken from him.

²⁷ However my enemies, those men who did not wish for me to reign over them, lead° them here and slaughter° them before me. {The week of Jesus’ crucifixion. Mar 11:1-11 & Mat 21:1-12, 14-17 & Luk 19:29-44 & Joh 12:12-19 Bethany to Jerusalem and back Sun. April 2, 30 AD.}

²⁸ And he said these things and was traveling before them, going-up to Jerusalem.

²⁹ And it happened, as he drew near to Bethphage and Bethany, toward the mountain which is called Olives, he sent two of his disciples,

³⁰ and said, Proceed-away° into the village in front of me; in which, traveling to it, you° will find a young-donkey which has been tied, on which no one from mankind has sat at anytime. After you have loosed it, lead° it here.

³¹ And if anyone asks you°, Why are you° loosening him? You° will say to him thus, The Lord has need of him.

³² Now the ones who has been sent, went away, and found just-as he said to them.

³³ And while loosening the young-donkey, the lords of it said to them, Why are you° loosening the young-donkey?

³⁴ Now they said, The Lord has need of it.

³⁵ And they led it to Jesus, and they tossed forth their own garments upon the young-donkey and mounted Jesus upon it.

³⁶ Now while he himself is traveling, they were spreading their garments in the road.

³⁷ Now as he was already drawing near, even to the slope of the Mountain of Olives, all the multitude of the disciples began rejoicing, then began to praise God with a loud voice concerning all the miracles which they saw;

³⁸ saying, The King has been blessed, the one coming in the name of the Lord; peace in heaven and glory in the highest.

³⁹ And some of the Pharisees from the crowd said to him, Teacher, rebuke your disciples.

⁴⁰ And he answered and said to them, I say to you°, If these disciples should be silent, then the stones will be crying out. {Mar 11:12-18 & Mat 21:18-19, Mat 21:12-13 & Luk 19:41-48 Road from Bethany to Jerusalem Mon.}

⁴¹ And as he drew near, he saw the city, and wept over it,

⁴² saying, If you knew in this day, even you, for-sure the things which are for your peace! But now they were hidden from your eyes.

⁴³ Because the days will be coming upon you, and your enemies will put a military-barrier around you and will surround you, and will be crowding you together on every-side,

⁴⁴ and will be leveling you to solid-ground, and your children among you, and they will not be leaving in you one stone upon another stone, because you did not know the time of your visitation.

⁴⁵ And he entered into the temple and began to cast forth the ones selling and buying in it,

⁴⁶ saying to them, It has been written, ‘My house is a house of prayer, but you° made$ it a den of robbers.’ {Isa 56:7 & Jer 7:11}

⁴⁷ Now he was teaching daily in the temple. But the high-priests and the scribes and the foremost ones of the people were seeking to destroy him.

⁴⁸ And they were not finding what they might do$; for$ the people were all hanging on him, listening. {Mar 11:27-33 & Mat 21:23-27 & Luk 20:1-8 Courtyard of the Temple, Tues.}