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And He entered and passed through Jericho.
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And, behold◦, there was a man◦ called by the name Zacchaeus; and he was the chief··publican, and he was rich.
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And he was seeking to see◦ Jesus, who◦ He is, and could not for the crowd, because he was little of stature.
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And he ran before and went··up into a mulberry··fig··tree to see◦ Him, for He was about to pass that way.
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And when◦ Jesus came upon the place, looking··up He saw◦ him, and said◦ to him, Zacchaeus, make··haste, step··down, for◦ today I must stay at thy house.
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And making··haste, he stepped··down, and received◦ Him rejoicing.
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And seeing◦, they all murmured, saying that He had come··in to repose with◦ a man◦ who is a sinner.
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And◦ Zacchaeus stood, and said◦ to the Lord, Behold◦, Lord, the half of my belongings I give to the poor, and if I have anything from anyone by extortion, I give··back to him fourfold.
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And◦ Jesus said◦ to him, Today salvation has come··to··pass for this house, because he also is a son of Abraham.
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For◦ the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost.
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But◦ as they heard these··things, He added and told a parable, for▫ He was nigh to Jerusalem, and they thought that the kingdom of God was··going▵ to appear immediately.
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He said◦ therefore, A certain noble man went into a distant country, to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return.
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And◦ he called his··own◦ ten servants, and gave them ten minas*, and said◦ to them, Do··business till I come.
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But◦ his citizens hated him, and sent◦ an embassy after◦ him, saying, We are not willing that this man should reign over us.
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And it came··to··pass that when he had come··back, having received the kingdom, he also said◦ that these◦ servants should be called◦ to him, to whom he had given the silver, that◦ he might know what◦ every one had gained··by··doing··business.
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And◦ the first came▫, saying, Lord, thy mina has earned ten minas.
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And he said◦ to him, Well◦ done, thou good servant; because thou hast been faithful in the least, have thou authority over ten cities.
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And the second came, saying, Lord, thy mina has made five minas.
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And◦ he said to him also, Be thou also over five cities.
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And another◦ came saying, Lord, behold◦, thy mina, which I have held◦ laid··up in a kerchief.
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For◦ I feared thee, for thou art an austere man; thou takest◦ what thou placest▵ not, and reapest what thou didst not sow.
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And◦ he says to him, Out··of thine own mouth will I judge thee, wicked servant. Thou didst know◦ that I◦ am an austere man, taking◦ what I placed▵ not, and reaping what I did not sow.
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Why◦ then gavest not thou my silver to the bank*, so◦ that I◦ at my coming might have exacted it with◦ interest?
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And he said to those who stood by, Take from him the mina, and give it to him who has ten minas.
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And they said to him, Lord, he has ten minas.
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For I say to you that to everyone who has shall be given; but◦ from him who has not, even that which he has shall be taken away from him.
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Nevertheless, those▵ enemies of mine who were not◦ willing that I should reign over them, bring◦ them hither and slay▵ them in··front··of me.
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And when He had said these things, He went before, going up to Jerusalem.
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And it came··to··pass, as He was near to Bethphage and Bethany, at the mountain called the Mount of Olives, He sent◦ two of His disciples,
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saying◦, Go◦ ye into the village opposite, in which, on▵ going··in, you shall find a colt tied on which no▫ man ever sat; loose him, and bring◦ him.
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And if anyone ask◦ you, Why◦ do you loose him? thus you shall say▵ to him, Because the Lord has need of him.
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And◦ they who were sent went, and found it even··as He had said◦ to them.
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But◦ as they were loosing the colt, his owners said to them, Why do you loose the colt?
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And◦ they said, The Lord has need of him.
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And they brought◦ him to Jesus; and throwing· their··own◦ garments ·on the colt, they set· Jesus ·on◦ him.
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And◦ as He went, they spread their garments in the way.
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And◦ when He was· already ·near to the descent of the Mount of Olives, all the multitude of the disciples rejoicing began to praise God with a great voice for▵ all the works of power that they had seen◦,
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saying, Blessed be the King who comes 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 crowd said◦ to Him, Teacher, rebuke Thy disciples.
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And He answering told them, I say to you, If these should be silent, the stones would cry out.
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And when◦ He was near, seeing◦ the city, He wept over it,
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saying, O that thou hadst known, even thou, and, indeed, in this thy day, the things which belong to thy peace! But◦ now they are hidden from thine eyes.
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For the days shall come◦ upon thee, and thine enemies shall cast· a rampart ·around thee, and shall surround thee, and shall beset thee on every··side;
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and they shall lay· thee ·level··with··the··ground, and thy children within thee, and they shall not leave in thee stone upon stone; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.
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And He went into the temple, and began to cast out those who sold therein, and those who bought,
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saying to them, It is written, My house is a house of prayer*, but◦ you have made it a cave of robbers*.
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And He taught daily in the temple. But◦ the chief··priests and the scribes and the first of the people sought to destroy Him,
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and could not find what◦ they might do, for◦ all the people hung··upon Him to hear Him.
