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Themes in Luke 19
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Themes in Luke 19

Luke 19:1

He entered Jericho and was passing through.

Luke 19:2

There was a man named Zacchaeus who was a chief tax collector, and he was rich.

Luke 19:3

He was trying to see who Jesus was, but he was not able because of the crowd, since he was a short man.

Luke 19:4

So running ahead, he climbed up a sycamore tree to see Jesus, since He was about to pass that way.

Luke 19:5

When Jesus came to the place, He looked up and said to him, “Zacchaeus, hurry and come down because today I must stay at your house.”

Luke 19:6

So he quickly came down and welcomed Him joyfully.

Luke 19:7

All who saw it began to complain, “He’s gone to lodge with a sinful man!”

Luke 19:8

But Zacchaeus stood there and said to the Lord, “Look, I’ll give half of my possessions to the poor, Lord! And if I have extorted anything from anyone, I’ll pay back four times as much!”

Luke 19:9

“Today salvation has come to this house,” Jesus told him, “because he too is a son of Abraham.

Luke 19:10

For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save the lost.”

Luke 19:11

As they were listening to this, He went on to tell a parable because He was near Jerusalem, and they thought the kingdom of God was going to appear right away.

Luke 19:12

Therefore He said: “A nobleman traveled to a far country to receive for himself authority to be king and then return.

Luke 19:13

He called 10 of his slaves, gave them 10 minas, and told them, ‘Engage in business until I come back.’

Luke 19:14

“But his subjects hated him and sent a delegation after him, saying, ‘We don’t want this man to rule over us!’

Luke 19:15

“At his return, having received the authority to be king, he summoned those slaves he had given the money to, so he could find out how much they had made in business.

Luke 19:16

The first came forward and said, ‘Master, your mina has earned 10 more minas.’

Luke 19:17

“‘Well done, good slave!’ he told him. ‘Because you have been faithful in a very small matter, have authority over 10 towns.’

Luke 19:18

“The second came and said, ‘Master, your mina has made five minas.’

Luke 19:19

“So he said to him, ‘You will be over five towns.’

Luke 19:20

“And another came and said, ‘Master, here is your mina. I have kept it hidden away in a cloth

Luke 19:21

because I was afraid of you, for you’re a tough man: you collect what you didn’t deposit and reap what you didn’t sow.’

Luke 19:22

“He told him, ‘I will judge you by what you have said, you evil slave! If you knew I was a tough man, collecting what I didn’t deposit and reaping what I didn’t sow,

Luke 19:23

why didn’t you put my money in the bank? And when I returned, I would have collected it with interest!’

Luke 19:24

So he said to those standing there, ‘Take the mina away from him and give it to the one who has 10 minas.’

Luke 19:25

“But they said to him, ‘Master, he has 10 minas.’

Luke 19:26

“‘I tell you, that to everyone who has, more will be given; and from the one who does not have, even what he does have will be taken away.

Luke 19:27

But bring here these enemies of mine, who did not want me to rule over them, and slaughter them in my presence.’”

Luke 19:28

When He had said these things, He went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem.

Luke 19:29

As He approached Bethphage and Bethany, at the place called the Mount of Olives, He sent two of the disciples

Luke 19:30

and said, “Go into the village ahead of you. As you enter it, you will find a young donkey tied there, on which no one has ever sat. Untie it and bring it here.

Luke 19:31

If anyone asks you, ‘Why are you untying it?’ say this: ‘The Lord needs it.’”

Luke 19:32

So those who were sent left and found it just as He had told them.

Luke 19:33

As they were untying the young donkey, its owners said to them, “Why are you untying the donkey?”

Luke 19:34

“The Lord needs it,” they said.

Luke 19:35

Then they brought it to Jesus, and after throwing their robes on the donkey, they helped Jesus get on it.

Luke 19:36

As He was going along, they were spreading their robes on the road.

Luke 19:37

Now He came near the path down the Mount of Olives, and the whole crowd of the disciples began to praise God joyfully with a loud voice for all the miracles they had seen:

Luke 19:38

The King who comes
in the name of the Lord
is the blessed One.
Peace in heaven
and glory in the highest heaven!

Luke 19:39

Some of the Pharisees from the crowd told Him, “Teacher, rebuke Your disciples.”

Luke 19:40

He answered, “I tell you, if they were to keep silent, the stones would cry out!”

Luke 19:41

As He approached and saw the city, He wept over it,

Luke 19:42

saying, “If you knew this day what would bring peace—but now it is hidden from your eyes.

Luke 19:43

For the days will come on you when your enemies will build an embankment against you, surround you, and hem you in on every side.

Luke 19:44

They will crush you and your children within you to the ground, and they will not leave one stone on another in you, because you did not recognize the time of your visitation.”

Luke 19:45

He went into the temple complex and began to throw out those who were selling,

Luke 19:46

and He said, “It is written, My house will be a house of prayer, but you have made it a den of thieves!”

Luke 19:47

Every day He was teaching in the temple complex. The chief priests, the scribes, and the leaders of the people were looking for a way to destroy Him,

Luke 19:48

but they could not find a way to do it, because all the people were captivated by what they heard.
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