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[1]AND entering in, he walked through Jericho.
[2]And behold, there was a man named Zacheus, who was the chief of the publicans, and he was rich.
[3]And he sought to see Jesus who he was, and he could not for the crowd, because he was low of stature.
[4]And running before, he climbed up into a sycamore tree, that he might see him; for he was to pass that way.
[5]And when Jesus was come to the place, looking up, he saw him, and said to him: Zacheus, make haste and come down; for this day I must abide in thy house.
[6]And he made haste and came down; and received him with joy.
[7]And when all saw it, they murmured, saying, that he was gone to be a guest with a man that was a sinner.
[8]But Zacheus standing, said to the Lord: Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have wronged any man of any thing, I restore him fourfold.
[9]Jesus said to him: This day is salvation come to this house, because he also is a son of Abraham.
[10]For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.
[11]As they were hearing these things, he added and spoke a parable, because he was nigh to Jerusalem, and because they thought that the kingdom of God should immediately be manifested.
[12]He said therefore: A certain nobleman went into a far country, to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return.
[13]And calling his ten servants, he gave them ten pounds, and said to them: Trade till I come.
[14]But his citizens hated him: and they sent an embassage after him, saying: We will not have this man to reign over us.
[15]And it came to pass, that he returned, having received the kingdom: and he commanded his servants to be called, to whom he had given the money, that he might know how much every man had gained by trading.
[16]And the first came, saying: Lord, thy pound hath gained ten pounds.
[17]And he said to him: Well done, thou good servant, because thou hast been faithful in a little, thou shalt have power over ten cities.
[18]And the second came, saying: Lord, thy pound hath gained five pounds.
[19]And he said to him: Be thou also over five cities.
[20]And another came, saying: Lord, behold here is thy pound, which I have kept laid up in a napkin;
[21]For I feared thee, because thou art an austere man: thou takest up what thou didst not lay down, and thou reapest that which thou didst not sow.
[22]He saith to him: Out of thy own mouth I judge thee, thou wicked servant. Thou knewest that I was an austere man, taking up what I laid not down, and reaping that which I did not sow:
[23]And why then didst thou not give my money into the bank, that at my coming, I might have exacted it with usury?
[24]And he said to them that stood by: Take the pound away from him, and give it to him that hath ten pounds.
[25]And they said to him: Lord, he hath ten pounds.
[26]But I say to you, that to every one that hath shall be given, and he shall abound: and from him that hath not, even that which he hath, shall be taken from him.
[27]But as for those my enemies, who would not have me reign over them, bring them hither, and kill them before me.
[28]And having said these things, he went before, going up to Jerusalem.
[29]And it came to pass, when he was come nigh to Bethphage and Bethania, unto the mount called Olivet, he sent two of his disciples,
[30]Saying: Go into the town which is over against you, at your entering into which you shall find the colt of an ass tied, on which no man ever hath sitten: loose him, and bring him hither.
[31]And if any man shall ask you: Why do you loose him? you shall say thus unto him: Because the Lord hath need of his service.
[32]And they that were sent, went their way, and found the colt standing, as he had said unto them.
[33]And as they were loosing the colt, the owners thereof said to them: Why loose you the colt?
[34]But they said: Because the Lord hath need of him.
[35]And they brought him to Jesus. And casting their garments on the colt, they set Jesus thereon.
[36]And as he went, they spread their clothes underneath in the way.
[37]And when he was now coming near the descent of mount Olivet, the whole multitude of his disciples began with joy to praise God with a loud voice, for all the mighty works they had seen,
[38]Saying: Blessed be the king who cometh in the name of the Lord, peace in heaven, and glory on high!
[39]And some of the Pharisees, from amongst the multitude, said to him: Master, rebuke thy disciples.
[40]To whom he said: I say to you, that if these shall hold their peace, the stones will cry out.
[41]And when he drew near, seeing the city, he wept over it, saying:
[42]If thou also hadst known, and that in this thy day, the things that are to thy peace; but now they are hidden from thy eyes.
[43]For the days shall come upon thee, and thy enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and straiten thee on every side,
[44]And beat thee flat to the ground, and thy children who are in thee: and they shall not leave in thee a stone upon a stone: because thou hast not known the time of thy visitation.
[45]And entering into the temple, he began to cast out them that sold therein, and them that bought.
[46]Saying to them: It is written: My house is the house of prayer. But you have made it a den of thieves.
[47]And he was teaching daily in the temple. And the chief priests and the scribes and the rulers of the people sought to destroy him:
[48]And they found not what to do to him: for all the people were very attentive to hear him.
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