Zacchaeus the Tax Collector
1Jesus entered Jericho and was passing through. 2A man was there by the name of Zacchaeus; he was a chief tax collector and was wealthy. 3He wanted to see who Jesus was, but because he was short he could not see over the crowd. 4So he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore-fig tree to see him, since Jesus was coming that way.
5When Jesus reached the spot, he looked up and said to him, “Zacchaeus, come down immediately. I must stay at your house today.” 6So he came down at once and welcomed him gladly.
7All the people saw this and began to mutter, “He has gone to be the guest of a sinner.”
8But Zacchaeus stood up and said to the Lord, “Look, Lord! Here and now I give half of my possessions to the poor, and if I have cheated anybody out of anything, I will pay back four times the amount.”
9Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, because this man, too, is a son of Abraham. 10For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”
The Parable of the Ten Minas
11While they were listening to this, he went on to tell them a parable, because he was near Jerusalem and the people thought that the kingdom of God was going to appear at once. 12He said: “A man of noble birth went to a distant country to have himself appointed king and then to return. 13So he called ten of his servants and gave them ten minas.19:13 A mina was about three months’ wages. ‘Put this money to work,’ he said, ‘until I come back.’
14“But his subjects hated him and sent a delegation after him to say, ‘We don’t want this man to be our king.’
15“He was made king, however, and returned home. Then he sent for the servants to whom he had given the money, in order to find out what they had gained with it.
16“The first one came and said, ‘Sir, your mina has earned ten more.’
17“ ‘Well done, my good servant!’ his master replied. ‘Because you have been trustworthy in a very small matter, take charge of ten cities.’
18“The second came and said, ‘Sir, your mina has earned five more.’
19“His master answered, ‘You take charge of five cities.’
20“Then another servant came and said, ‘Sir, here is your mina; I have kept it laid away in a piece of cloth. 21I was afraid of you, because you are a hard man. You take out what you did not put in and reap what you did not sow.’
22“His master replied, ‘I will judge you by your own words, you wicked servant! You knew, did you, that I am a hard man, taking out what I did not put in, and reaping what I did not sow? 23Why then didn’t you put my money on deposit, so that when I came back, I could have collected it with interest?’
24“Then he said to those standing by, ‘Take his mina away from him and give it to the one who has ten minas.’
25“ ‘Sir,’ they said, ‘he already has ten!’
26“He replied, ‘I tell you that to everyone who has, more will be given, but as for the one who has nothing, even what they have will be taken away. 27But those enemies of mine who did not want me to be king over them—bring them here and kill them in front of me.’ ”
Jesus Comes to Jerusalem as King
28After Jesus had said this, he went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem. 29As he approached Bethphage and Bethany at the hill called the Mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples, saying to them, 30“Go to the village ahead of you, and as you enter it, you will find a colt tied there, which no one has ever ridden. Untie it and bring it here. 31If anyone asks you, ‘Why are you untying it?’ say, ‘The Lord needs it.’ ”
32Those who were sent ahead went and found it just as he had told them. 33As they were untying the colt, its owners asked them, “Why are you untying the colt?”
34They replied, “The Lord needs it.”
35They brought it to Jesus, threw their cloaks on the colt and put Jesus on it. 36As he went along, people spread their cloaks on the road.
37When he came near the place where the road goes down the Mount of Olives, the whole crowd of disciples began joyfully to praise God in loud voices for all the miracles they had seen:
38“Blessed is the king who comes in the name of the Lord!”19:38 Psalm 118:26
“Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!”
39Some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to Jesus, “Teacher, rebuke your disciples!”
40“I tell you,” he replied, “if they keep quiet, the stones will cry out.”
41As he approached Jerusalem and saw the city, he wept over it 42and said, “If you, even you, had only known on this day what would bring you peace—but now it is hidden from your eyes. 43The days will come upon you when your enemies will build an embankment against you and encircle you and hem you in on every side. 44They will dash you to the ground, you and the children within your walls. They will not leave one stone on another, because you did not recognize the time of God’s coming to you.”
Jesus at the Temple
45When Jesus entered the temple courts, he began to drive out those who were selling. 46“It is written,” he said to them, “ ‘My house will be a house of prayer’19:46 Isaiah 56:7; but you have made it ‘a den of robbers.’19:46 Jer. 7:11”
47Every day he was teaching at the temple. But the chief priests, the teachers of the law and the leaders among the people were trying to kill him. 48Yet they could not find any way to do it, because all the people hung on his words.
Isus i Zakej
1Isus uđe u Jerihon. Dok je prolazio gradom, 2dođe čovjek imenom Zakej, utjecajan Židov koji je radio za rimsku poreznu upravu i vrlo se obogatio. 3Želio je vidjeti Isusa, ali je bio prenizak rastom da bi ga mogao vidjeti preko mnoštva. 4On zato potrči naprijed te se popne na smokvu pokraj koje je Isus trebao proći da s nje promatra.
5Kad je Isus stigao do njega, pogleda gore i reče mu: “Zakeju, brzo siđi! Danas moram k tebi u goste.”
6Zakej žurno siđe s drveta i primi ga u goste sav radostan. 7Ali mnoštvo koje je to promatralo počne prigovarati: “Otišao je takvom grešniku u goste!”
8A Zakej ustane i reče Gospodinu: “Gospodine, polovicu svojega imanja dat ću siromasima, a svakome koga sam prevario četverostruko ću vratiti.”
9“Danas je u ovu kuću došlo spasenje jer je i ovaj čovjek Abrahamov sin! 10Ja, Sin Čovječji, došao sam tražiti i spasiti izgubljene.”
Prispodoba o desetorici slugu
(Mt 25:14-30)
11Mnoštvo je sve to slušalo. Kako je već bio nadomak Jeruzalemu, mislili su da će se kraljevstvo Božje odmah pojaviti. Isus im zato ispriča prispodobu: 12“Neki je ugledan čovjek trebao otputovati u daleku zemlju da ga ondje okrune za kralja, a zatim se vratiti. 13Pozove zato desetoricu svojih slugu, dade svakomu pola kilograma srebra19:13 U grčkome: 10 mina (svakome jednu minu, što je u to doba iznosilo otprilike tri mjesečne plaće). te im reče: ‘Trgujte s njime dok ne dođem.’ 14Ali njegovi su ga građani mrzili i poslali su za njim poslanike s porukom: ‘Ne želimo da on kraljuje nad nama.’
15Kad se vratio kao kralj, zapovjedi da mu pozovu sluge kojima je dao novac. Htio je znati koliko je koji zaradio. 16Prvi sluga dođe i reče: ‘Gospodaru, udeseterostručio sam iznos koji si mi dao.’ 17‘Odlično! Dobar si sluga’, reče mu on. ‘Zato što si bio vjeran u najmanjemu, dajem ti da vladaš nad deset gradova.’
18Drugi sluga dođe i reče: ‘Upeterostručio sam iznos, gospodaru.’ 19‘Dobro! Vladaj nad pet gradova’, reče i njemu.
20Ali treći sluga dođe bez zarade i reče: ‘Gospodaru, evo ti srebra. Držao sam ga skrivenoga u rupcu. 21Bojao sam te se zato što si strog čovjek. Uzimaš što nije tvoje i žanješ što nisi posijao.’
22‘Zli slugo!’ odgovori mu on. ‘Sudit ću ti prema tvojim vlastitim riječima. Znao si da sam strog, da uzimam što nije moje i da žanjem što nisam posijao? 23Zašto onda nisi moj novac uložio u banku?19:23 U grčkome: kod novčara. Tako bih barem dobio kamate.’ 24Zatim kralj reče: ‘Oduzmite mu to srebro i dajte ga onome koji ima deset!’
25‘Ali, gospodaru, pa on već ima pet kilograma srebra!19:25 U grčkome: deset mina.’ kazali su.
26‘Velim vam,’ odgovori im kralj, ‘onome tko ima dat će se još, a onome tko nema oduzet će se i ono što ima. 27A moje neprijatelje, koji me nisu htjeli za kralja, dovedite ovamo i smaknite ih preda mnom.’”
Mesijanski ulazak u Jeruzalem
(Mt 21:1-11; Mk 11:1-11; Iv 12:12-19)
28Pošto im je to ispričao, Isus krene dalje prema Jeruzalemu. 29Kad se približio mjestima Betfagi i Betaniji na Maslinskoj gori, pošalje naprijed dvojicu učenika. 30“Idite u ono selo pred vama”, reče im, “i čim uđete, vidjet ćete privezano magare koje još nitko nije jahao. Odvežite ga i dovedite ovamo. 31Upita li vas tko: ‘Što to radite?’ recite samo: ‘Treba Gospodinu.’”
32Oni odu i nađu magare kako im je rekao. 33Dok su ga odvezivali, neki ih ljudi upitaju: “Zašto odvezujete magare?”
34“Gospodinu treba”, odgovore oni. 35Dovedu magare Isusu i prebace preko njega svoje ogrtače te posjednu Isusa na njega.
36Mnoštvo je pred Isusom prostiralo svoje ogrtače po putu. 37Kad se već približio obronku Maslinske gore, mnoštvo njegovih sljedbenika počne na sav glas zahvaljivati Bogu za sva slavna djela što su ih vidjeli:
38“Blagoslovljen kralj
koji dolazi u ime Gospodnje!
Na nebu mir!
Slava Bogu na nebu!”19:38 Psalam 118:25-26 i Psalam 148:1.
39Ali neki farizeji među njime kazaše: “Učitelju, opomeni svoje učenike da to ne govore!”
40“Kažem vam,” reče im Isus, “ako oni ušute, klicat će kamenje na cesti!”
Isus tuži nad Jeruzalemom
41Kad se približio Jeruzalemu i ugledao grad, Isus zaplače nad njim: 42“Kako bih volio da si danas pronašao put mira! Ali sada je prekasno i mir je skriven od tebe. 43Doći će dani kada će neprijatelj zauzeti tvoje zidine, opkoliti te i pritisnuti sa svih strana. 44Sravnit će sa zemljom i tebe i tvoju djecu u tebi. Neće od tebe ostati ni kamena na kamenu jer nisi prepoznao da te je Bog pohodio.”
Isus izgoni trgovce iz Hrama
(Mt 21:12-17; Mk 11:15-19; Iv 2:13-22)
45Kad je ušao u Hram, Isus počne iz njega izgoniti trgovce. 46“U Svetome pismu piše: ‘Moj Hram treba biti molitveni dom’, a vi ste ga pretvorili u razbojničku špilju!”,19:46 Izaija 56:7; Jeremija 7:11. reče im.
47Nakon toga Isus je danomice poučavao u Hramu, a svećenički poglavari i pismoznanci smišljali su skupa s narodnim starješinama kako da ga ubiju, 48ali im to nije polazilo za rukom jer je narod upijao svaku njegovu riječ.
