Luke:19
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And Jesus entered and passed through Jericho .
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And ,
behold ,
there was a man named Zacchaeus ,
which was the chief among the publicans ,
and he was rich .
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And he sought to see Jesus who he was ;
and could not for the press ,
because he was little of stature .
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And he ran before ,
and climbed up into a sycomore tree to see him :
for he was to pass that way .
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And when Jesus came to the place ,
he looked up ,
and saw him ,
and said unto him ,
Zacchaeus ,
make haste ,
and come down ;
for to day I must abide at thy house .
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And he made haste ,
and came down ,
and received him joyfully .
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And when they saw it ,
they all murmured ,
saying ,
That he was gone to be guest with a man that is a sinner .
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And Zacchaeus stood ,
and said unto the Lord ;
Behold ,
Lord ,
the half of my goods I give to the poor ;
and if I have taken any thing from any man by false accusation ,
I restore him fourfold .
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And Jesus said unto him ,
This day is salvation come to this house ,
forsomuch as he also is a son of Abraham .
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For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost .
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And as they heard these things ,
he added and spake a parable ,
because he was nigh to Jerusalem ,
and because they thought that the kingdom of God should immediately appear .
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He said therefore ,
A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom ,
and to return .
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And he called his ten servants ,
and delivered them ten pounds ,
and said unto them ,
Occupy till I come .
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But his citizens hated him ,
and sent a message after him ,
saying ,
We will not have this man to reign over us .
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And it came to pass ,
that when he was returned ,
having received the kingdom ,
then he commanded these servants to be called unto him ,
to whom he had given the money ,
that he might know how much every man had gained by trading .
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Then came the first ,
saying ,
Lord ,
thy pound hath gained ten pounds .
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And he said unto him ,
Well ,
thou good servant :
because thou hast been faithful in a very little ,
have thou authority over ten cities .
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And the second came ,
saying ,
Lord ,
thy pound hath gained five pounds .
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And he said likewise to him ,
Be thou also over five cities .
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And another came ,
saying ,
Lord ,
behold ,
here is thy pound ,
which I have kept laid up in a napkin :
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For I feared thee ,
because thou art an austere man :
thou takest up that thou layedst not down ,
and reapest that thou didst not sow .
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And he saith unto him ,
Out of thine own mouth will I judge thee ,
thou wicked servant .
Thou knewest that I was an austere man ,
taking up that I laid not down ,
and reaping that I did not sow :
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Wherefore then gavest not thou my money into the bank ,
that at my coming I might have required mine own with usury ?
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And he said unto them that stood by ,
Take from him the pound ,
and give it to him that hath ten pounds .
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And they said unto him ,
Lord ,
he hath ten pounds .)
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For I say unto you ,
That unto every one which hath shall be given ;
and from him that hath not ,
even that he hath shall be taken away from him .
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But those mine enemies ,
which would not that I should reign over them ,
bring hither ,
and slay them before me .
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And when he had thus spoken ,
he went before ,
ascending up to Jerusalem .
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And it came to pass ,
when he was come nigh to Bethphage and Bethany ,
at the mount called the mount of Olives ,
he sent two of his disciples ,
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Saying ,
Go ye into the village over against you ;
in the which at your entering ye shall find a colt tied ,
whereon yet never man sat :
loose him ,
and bring him hither .
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And if any man ask you ,
Why do ye loose him ?
thus shall ye say unto him ,
Because the Lord hath need of him .
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And they that were sent went their way ,
and found even as he had said unto them .
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And as they were loosing the colt ,
the owners thereof said unto them ,
Why loose ye the colt ?
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And they said ,
The Lord hath need of him .
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And they brought him to Jesus :
and they cast their garments upon the colt ,
and they set Jesus thereon .
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And as he went ,
they spread their clothes in the way .
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And when he was come nigh ,
even now at the descent of the mount of Olives ,
the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works that they had seen ;
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Saying ,
Blessed be the King that cometh in the name of the Lord :
peace in heaven ,
and glory in the highest .
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And some of the Pharisees from among the multitude said unto him ,
Master ,
rebuke thy disciples .
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And he answered and said unto them ,
I tell you that ,
if these should hold their peace ,
the stones would immediately cry out .
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And when he was come near ,
he beheld the city ,
and wept over it ,
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Saying ,
If thou hadst known ,
even thou ,
at least in this thy day ,
the things which belong unto thy peace !
but now they are hid from thine eyes .
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For the days shall come upon thee ,
that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee ,
and compass thee round ,
and keep thee in on every side ,
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And shall lay thee even with the ground ,
and thy children within thee ;
and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another ;
because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation .
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And he went into the temple ,
and began to cast out them that sold therein ,
and them that bought ;
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Saying unto them ,
It is written ,
My house is the house of prayer :
but ye have made it a den of thieves .
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And he taught daily in the temple .
But the chief priests and the scribes and the chief of the people sought to destroy him ,
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And could not find what they might do :
for all the people were very attentive to hear him .