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The Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ According to Saint Luke
Chapter 19
Zacheus entertains Christ. The parable of the pounds. Christ rides upon an ass and weeps over Jerusalem.
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And entering he walked through Jericho. |
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And behold, there was a man named Zacheus, who was the chief of the publicans: and he was rich. |
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And he sought to see Jesus who he was: and he could not for the crowd, because he was low of stature. |
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And running before, he climbed up into a sycamore tree, that he might see him: for he was to pass that way. |
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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. |
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And he made haste and came down and received him with joy. |
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And when all saw it, they murmured, saying, that he was gone to be a guest with a man that was a sinner. |
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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. |
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Jesus said to him: This day is salvation come to this house, because 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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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. |
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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 calling his ten servants, he gave them ten pounds and said to them: Trade till I come. |
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But his citizens hated him and they sent an embassage after him, saying: We will not have this man to reign over us. |
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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, |
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And the first came saying: Lord, thy pound hath gained ten pounds. |
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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. |
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And the second came, saying: Lord, thy pound hath gained five pounds. |
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And he said 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 what thou didst not lay down: and thou reapest that which thou didst not sow. |
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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. |
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And why then didst thou not give my money into the bank, that at my coming I might have exacted it with usury? |
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And he said to them that stood by: Take the pound away from him and give it to him that hath ten pounds. |
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And they said to him: Lord, he hath ten pounds. |
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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. |
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But as for those my enemies, who would not have me reign over them, bring them hither and kill them before me. |
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And having said these things, he went before, going up to Jerusalem. |
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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, |
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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. |
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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. |
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And they that were sent went their way and found the colt standing, as he said unto them. |
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And as they were loosing the colt, the owners thereof said to them: Why loose you the colt? |
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But they said: Because the Lord hath need of him. |
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And they brought him to Jesus. And casting their garments on the colt, they set Jesus thereon. |
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And as he went, they spread their clothes underneath in the way. |
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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, |
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Saying: Blessed be the king who cometh in the name of the Lord! Peace in heaven and glory on high! |
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And some of the Pharisees, from amongst the multitude, said to him: Master, rebuke thy disciples. |
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To whom he said: I say to you that if these shall hold their peace, the stones will cry out. |
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And when he drew near, seeing the city, he wept over it, saying: |
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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. |
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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, |
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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. |
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And entering into the temple, he began to cast out them that sold therein and them that bought. |
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Saying to them: It is written: My house is the house of prayer. But you have made it a den of thieves. |
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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. |
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And they found not what to do to him: for all the people were very attentive to hear him. |
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