And he ran on ahead [and] climbed up into a sycamore tree so that he could see him, because he was going to go through [that way].

And when he came to the place, Jesus looked up [and] said to him, "Zacchaeus, come down quickly, because it is necessary [for] me to stay at your house today!"

And he came down quickly and welcomed him joyfully.

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

But his citizens hated him, and sent a delegation after him, saying, 'We do not want this man to be king over us!'

And it happened that when he returned [after] receiving the kingdom, he ordered these slaves to whom he had given the money to be summoned to him, so that he could know what they had gained by trading.

And he said to him, 'Well done, good slave! Because you have been faithful in a very small thing, {have authority} over ten cities.'

He said to him, '{By your own words} I will judge you, wicked slave! You knew that I am a severe man, withdrawing what I did not deposit and reaping what I did not sow.

And to the bystanders he said, 'Take away from him the mina and give [it] to the one who has the ten minas!'

And they said to him, 'Sir, he has ten minas.'

And some of the Pharisees from the crowd said to him, "Teacher, rebuke your disciples!"

And he was teaching every day in the temple [courts], and the chief priests and the scribes and the most prominent men of the people were seeking to destroy him.

And they did not find anything they could do, because all the people were paying close attention to [what] they were hearing from him.

and said, saying to him, "Tell us, by what authority you are doing these [things], or who is the one who gave you this authority?

And they discussed [this] with one another, saying, "If we say 'From heaven,' he will say, 'Why did you not believe him?'

And at the proper time he sent a slave to the tenant farmers, so that they would give him [some] of the fruit of the vineyard. But the tenant farmers sent him away empty-handed [after] beating [him].

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

So the owner of the vineyard said, 'What should I do? I will send my beloved son; perhaps they will respect him.'

But [when] the tenant farmers saw him, they began to reason with one another, saying, 'This is the heir. Let us kill him so that the inheritance will become ours!'

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

Everyone who falls on that stone will be broken to pieces, and [the one] on whom it falls--it will crush him!"

And the scribes and the chief priests sought to lay [their] hands on him at [that] same hour, and they were afraid of the people, for they knew that he had told this parable with reference to them.

And they watched [him] closely [and] sent spies who pretended they were upright, in order that they could catch him in a statement, so that they could hand him over to the authority and the jurisdiction of the governor.

And they asked him, saying, "Teacher, we know that you speak and teach rightly, and do not {show partiality}, but teach the way of God in truth.

And they were not able to catch [him] in a statement in the sight of the people, and astonished at his answer, they became silent.

Now some of the Sadducees--who deny {that there is a resurrection}--came up [and] asked him,

Now he is not God of the dead, but of the living, for all live to him!"

For they no longer dared to ask him anything.

David therefore calls him 'Lord,' and how is he his son?"

And they asked him, saying, "Teacher, when therefore will these [things] happen, and what [will be] the sign when these [things] are about to take place?"

And all the people were getting up very early in the morning [to come] to him in the temple [courts] to listen to him.

And the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how they could destroy him, because they were afraid of the people.

And he went away [and] discussed with the chief priests and officers of the temple guard how he could betray him to them.

And they were delighted, and came to an agreement with him to give [him] money.

And he agreed, and began looking for a favorable opportunity to betray him to them apart from the crowd.

So they said to him, "Where do you want us to prepare [it]?"

And he said to them, "Behold, [when] you have entered into the city, a man carrying a jar of water will meet you. Follow him into the house which he enters.

And when the hour came, he reclined at the table, and the apostles with him.

But he said to him, "Lord, I am ready to go with you both to prison and to death!"

And he went away [and] proceeded, according to [his] custom, to the Mount of Olives, and the disciples also followed him.

And an angel from heaven appeared to him, strengthening him.

[While] he was still speaking, behold, [there came] a crowd, and the one named Judas, one of the twelve, leading them. And he approached Jesus to kiss him.

But Jesus said to him, "Judas, are you betraying the Son of Man with a kiss?"

And [when] those around him saw what was about to happen, they said, "Lord, should we strike with the sword?"

But Jesus answered [and] said, "{Stop! No more of this!}" And he touched [his] ear [and] healed him.

And Jesus said to the chief priests and officers of the temple and elders who had come out against him, "Have you come out with swords and clubs, as against a robber?

And they arrested him [and] led [him] away and brought [him] into the house of the high priest. But Peter was following at a distance.

And a certain female slave, seeing him sitting in the light and looking intently at him, said, "This man also was with him!"

But he denied [it], saying, "Woman, I do not know him!"

And after a short time another person saw him [and] said, "You also are [one] of them!" But Peter said, "Man, I am not!"

And [after] about one hour had passed, someone else was insisting, saying, "In truth this man also was with him, because he is also a Galilean!"

And the Lord turned around [and] looked intently at Peter. And Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how he said to him, "Before the rooster crows today, you will deny me three times."

And the men who were guarding him began to mock him [while] they beat [him],

and [after] blindfolding him they repeatedly asked [him], saying, "Prophesy! Who is the one who struck you?"

And they were saying many other [things] against him, reviling [him].

And when day came, the council of elders of the people gathered, both chief priests and scribes, and they led him away to their Sanhedrin,

And the whole assembly of them rose up [and] brought him before Pilate.

And they began to accuse him, saying, "We have found this man misleading our nation and forbidding [us] to pay taxes to Caesar, and saying [he] himself is Christ, a king!"

And Pilate asked him, saying, "Are you the king of the Jews?" And he answered him [and] said, "You say [so]."

And [when he] found out that he was from the jurisdiction of Herod, he sent him over to Herod, who was also in Jerusalem in those days.

And [when] Herod saw Jesus, he was very glad, for he had been wanting to see him for a long time, because he had heard about him and was hoping to see some miracle performed by him.

So he questioned him {at considerable length}, but he answered nothing to him.

And the chief priests and the scribes were standing there vehemently accusing him.

And Herod with his soldiers also treated him with contempt, and [after] mocking [him] [and] dressing [him] [in] glistening clothing, he sent him back to Pilate.

[and] said to them, "You brought me this man as one who was misleading the people, and behold, [when I] examined [him] before you, I found nothing in this man as basis for the accusation which {you are making} against him

But neither [did] Herod, because he sent him back to us. And behold, nothing deserving death {has been done} by him.

Therefore I will punish him [and] release [him]."

but they kept crying out, saying, "Crucify! Crucify him!

So he said to them a third [time], "Why? What wrong has this man done? I found no basis for an accusation {deserving death} in him. Therefore I will punish him [and] release [him]."

And as they led him away, they seized Simon, a certain [man] of Cyrene, who was coming from the country, [and] placed the cross on him, to carry [it] behind Jesus.

And a great crowd of the people were following him, and of women who were mourning and lamenting him.

And two other criminals were also led away to be executed with him.

And when they came to the place that is called "The Skull," there they crucified him, and the criminals, the one on [his] right and the other on [his] left.

And the people stood there watching, but the rulers also ridiculed [him], saying, "He saved others; let him save himself, if this [man] is the Christ of God, the Chosen One!"

And the soldiers also mocked him, coming up [and] offering him sour win

And there was also an inscription over him, "This [is] the king of the Jews."

And one of the criminals who were hanged there reviled him, saying, "Are you not the Christ? Save yourself--and us!"

But the other answered [and] rebuked him, saying, "Do you not even fear God, because you are undergoing the same condemnation?

And he said to him, "Truly I say to you, today you will be with me in paradise."

And all his acquaintances, and the women who had followed him from Galilee who saw these [things], stood at a distance.

And he took [it] down [and] wrapped it in a linen cloth and placed him in a tomb cut into the rock where no one had ever been placed.

And the women who had been accompanying him from Galilee followed [and] saw the tomb and how his body was placed.

but their eyes were prevented from recognizing him.

And one [of them], {named} Cleopas, answered [and] said to him, "[Are] you the only one living near Jerusalem and not knowing the things that have happened in it in these days?"

And he said to them, "What [things]?" So they said to him, "The things concerning Jesus the Nazarene, a man who was a prophet, powerful in deed and word before God and all the people,

and how our chief priests and rulers handed him over to a sentence of death, and crucified him.

And some of those with us went out to the tomb and found [it] like this, just as the women had also said, but him they did not see."

And they urged him strongly, saying, "Stay with us, because it is [getting] toward evening, and by this time the day is far spent." And he went in to stay with them.

And their eyes were opened, and they recognized him, and he became invisible to them.

So they gave him a piece of broiled fish,

And they worshiped him [and] returned to Jerusalem with great joy.

All [things] came into being through him, and apart from him not one [thing] came into being that has come into being.

In him was life, and the life was the light of humanity.

This one came for a witness, in order that he could testify about the light, so that all would believe through him.

He was in the world, and the world came into being through him, and the world did not recognize him.

He came to his own [things], and his own [people] did not receive him.

But as many as received him--to those who believe in his name--he gave to them authority to become children of God,

John testified about him and cried out, saying, "This one was [he about] whom I said, 'The one who comes after me is ahead of me, because he existed before me.'"

No one has seen God at any time; the one and only, God, the one who is in the bosom of the Father--that one has made [him] known.

And this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem so that they could ask him, "Who are you?"