And He entered and was passing through  ¹Jericho.

And behold, there was a man whose name was called Zaccheus; and he was a chief  ¹tax collector, and he was rich.

And he was seeking to see Jesus, who He was, and could not because of the crowd, for he was small in stature.

And he ran on ahead and climbed up in a  ¹sycamore tree in order to see Him, for He was about to pass through that way.

And as He came to the place, Jesus looked up and said to him, Zaccheus, hurry and come down, for today I must stay in your house.

And he hurried and came down, and received Him, rejoicing.

And when they saw it, they all murmured, saying, He has gone in to lodge with a sinful man.

And Zaccheus stood and said to the Lord, Behold, the  ¹half of my possessions, Lord, I give to the poor, and if I have  ²taken anything from anyone by false accusation, I restore  ³four times as much.

And Jesus said to him, Today salvation has come to this house, because he  ¹also is a son of Abraham.

For the Son of Man has come to  ¹seek and to save that which is lost.

And as they were listening to these things, He spoke  ¹further a parable, because He was near Jerusalem and they supposed that the kingdom of God was to  ²appear immediately.

He said therefore, A  ¹certain man of noble birth  ²went to a distant country to receive for himself a kingdom and to  ³return.

And he called  ¹ten of his own slaves and gave them ten  ²minas, and he said to them, Do business  ³until I come.

But his  ¹citizens hated him and sent an envoy after him, saying,  ²We do not want this man to reign over us.

And when he came back, having received the kingdom, he commanded that those slaves to whom he had given the money should be called to him so that he might know what they had gained by doing business.

And the first appeared, saying, Master, your mina has gained ten minas.

And he said to him, Well done, good slave. Because you have become faithful in the least,  ¹have authority over ten cities.

And the second came, saying, Your mina, master, has made five minas.

And he said to this one as well, And you, be over  ¹five cities.

 ¹And the other came, saying, Master, behold your mina, which I  ²kept laid away in a handkerchief;

For I was afraid of you, because you are a  ¹harsh man: you withdraw what you did not deposit, and you reap what you did not sow.

He said to him, Out of your mouth I will  ¹judge you, wicked slave. You knew that I am a harsh man, withdrawing what I did not deposit and reaping what I did not sow.

Why then did you not put my money  ¹in the bank, and when I came, I would have collected it with interest?

And to those standing by he said, Take the mina away from him, and give it to the one who has the ten minas.

And they said to him, Master, he has ten minas.

I tell you that to everyone who has, more shall be given, but from him who does not have, even that which he has shall be taken away.

However, these enemies of mine, who did not want me to reign over them, bring them here and  ¹slay them before me.

And having said these things, He went on before them,  ¹going up to Jerusalem.

 ¹And as He drew near to Bethphage and Bethany, near the mount which is called Olivet, He sent two of the disciples,

Saying, Go into the village opposite you, in which, as you are entering, you will find a colt tied, on which no man has ever yet sat; untie it and lead it here.

And if anyone asks you, Why are you untying it? thus shall you say, Because the Lord has need of it.

And those who were sent went away and found it even as He had told them.

And as they were untying the colt, its masters said to them, Why are you untying the colt?

And they said, Because the Lord has need of it.

And they brought it to Jesus. And when they had thrown their garments on the colt, they put Jesus on it.

And as He went, they  ¹spread their own garments in the road.

And as He was already drawing near to the descent of the Mount of Olives, all the multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the works of power which they had seen,

Saying, Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord! Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!

And some of the Pharisees from the crowd said to Him, Teacher, rebuke Your disciples.

And He answered and said, I tell you, If these shall be silent, the stones will cry out.

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

Saying, If you knew in this day, even you, the things that are for your  ¹peace! But now they have been hidden from your eyes.

For the days will come upon you when your enemies will throw up a rampart before you, and will encircle you, and will press you in on every side,

And they will  ¹level you to the ground and your children within you, and they will not leave a stone upon a stone in you, because you did not know the time of your  ²visitation.

And He entered into the temple and began to cast out those who were selling,

Saying to them, It is written, “And My house shall be a house of prayer,” but you have made it a den of robbers.

And He taught daily in the temple. But the chief priests and the scribes and the leaders of the people sought to destroy Him;

Yet they could not find anything that they might do, for all the people were hanging upon Him, listening.

And on one of the days, as  ¹He was teaching the people in the temple and announcing the good news, the chief priests and the scribes with the elders came upon Him,

And spoke, saying to Him, Tell us by what authority you do these things, or who is the one who gave you this authority?

And He answered and said to them, I also will ask you one thing, and you tell Me:

The baptism of John, was it from heaven or from men?

And they reasoned together among themselves, saying, If we say, From heaven, He will say, Why did you not believe him?

But if we say, From men, all the people will stone us to death, for they are persuaded that John was a prophet.

And they answered that they did not know where it was from.

And Jesus said to them,  ¹Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things.

 ¹And He began to speak to the people this parable: A certain man planted a vineyard and leased it out to vinedressers and went abroad for a considerable time.

And at the proper time he sent a slave to the vinedressers so that they might give him some of the fruit of the vineyard; but the vinedressers beat him and sent him away empty-handed.

And he went on to send another slave, but they beat that one also, and dishonored him, and sent him away empty-handed.

And he went on to send a third, but that one also they wounded and threw out.

And the master of the vineyard said, What shall I do? I will send my son, the beloved; they will  ¹probably respect this one.

But when the vinedressers saw him, they reasoned with one another, saying, This is the heir; let us kill him that the inheritance may become ours.

And they threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. What then will the master of the vineyard do to them?

He will come and destroy these vinedressers and will give the vineyard to others. And when they heard this, they said, May it never happen!

But He looked at them, and said, What then is this that is written, “The stone which the builders rejected, this has become the head of the corner”?

Everyone who falls on that stone shall be broken to pieces; but on whomever it falls, it shall crush him to powder and scatter him like chaff.

And the scribes and the chief priests sought to lay hands on Him in that hour; yet they feared the people, for they perceived that it was with them in view that He spoke this parable.

 ¹And they watched Him closely and sent spies who feigned themselves to be righteous, in order that they might lay hold on some word of His, so as to deliver Him up to the rule and authority of the governor.

And they questioned Him, saying, Teacher, we know that You speak and teach correctly,  ¹and do not accept man's person, but teach the way of God in truth.

Is it lawful for us to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?

But He perceived their craftiness and said to them,

Show Me a denarius. Whose image and inscription does it have? And they said, Caesar's.

And He said to them, Therefore render the things that are Caesar's to Caesar, and the things that are God's to God.

And they were not able to lay hold of a saying of His in the presence of the people; and marveling at His answer, they kept silent.

 ¹And some of the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to Him and questioned Him,

Saying, Teacher, Moses wrote for us, If anyone's brother has a wife and dies, and this one is childless, his brother should take the wife and raise up seed to his brother.

There were then seven brothers. And the first took a wife and died childless;

And the  ¹second;

And the third took her; and similarly the seven also did not leave children and died.

Finally the woman also died.

In the resurrection, therefore, which one's wife does the woman become? For the seven had her as wife.

And Jesus said to them, The sons of this age marry and are given in marriage,

But those who are counted worthy to obtain that  ¹age and the resurrection from the dead neither marry nor are given in marriage;

For neither can they die anymore, for they are equal to angels, and they are sons of God, being sons of the resurrection.

But that the dead are raised, even Moses disclosed in the section concerning the bush, when he calls the Lord the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob.

Now He is not the God of the dead, but of the living, for to Him all men are living.

And some of the scribes answered and said, Teacher, You have spoken well.

For they  ¹no longer dared to question Him about anything.

 ¹And He said to them, How is it that they say that the Christ is David's son?

For David himself says in the book of Psalms, "The Lord said to my Lord, Sit at My right hand,

Until I set Your enemies as a footstool for Your feet.”

David therefore calls Him Lord, and how is He his  ¹son?

And as all the people were listening, He said to His disciples,

 ¹Beware of the scribes, who like to walk around in long robes, and love greetings in the marketplaces and chief seats in the synagogues and places of honor at the dinners,

Who devour widows' houses, and for a  ¹pretense make long prayers. These shall receive greater  ²judgment.