MODERN LITERAL VERSION

19:1 And he entered and was going through Jericho.
19:2 And behold, a man called by the name Zacchaeus was there and he was a chief tax collector and he was rich.
19:3 And he was seeking to see Jesus; who he is, and was not able from the crowd, because he was little in stature.
19:4 And he ran ahead in front of the crowd and goes up into a sycamore tree that* he might see him, because he was about to go through that way.
19:5 And when Jesus came to the place, he looked up and saw him and said to him, Zacchaeus, hurry and come down; for* it is essential for me to abide in your house today.
19:6 And having hurried, he came down and accepted him, rejoicing.

19:7 And when they saw it, they all murmured, saying, He goes to board with a man who is a sinner.

19:8 And Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, Behold, Lord, I give half of my possessions to the poor and if I have cheated anyone of anything, I repay them four times that.

19:9 And Jesus said to him, Today salvation has come* to this house, insomuch as he is also a son of Abraham.
19:10 For* the Son of Man came to seek and save what was lost.

19:11 And as they heard these things, he added and spoke a parable, because he was near to Jerusalem and because they supposed that the kingdom of God was to instantly appear.
19:12 Therefore he said: A certain nobleman went into a far away country, to receive for himself a kingdom and to return.
19:13 And he called ten bondservants of his and gave them ten two-hundred denarius coins and said to them, Trade with this until I come.
19:14 But his citizens hated him and sent an ambassador after him, saying, We do not wish that this man reign over us.
19:15 And it happened, when he had come back again, having received the kingdom, that he commanded these bondservants, to whom he gave the silver, to be summoned to him, that* he might know what they had made by trading.

19:16 And the first came before him, saying, Lord, your two-hundred denarius coin has been worked up to ten two-hundred denarius coins more.
19:17 And he said to him, Well done, you good bondservant, because you became faithful in the least matters; be the authority over these, you have ten cities.
19:18 And the second came, saying, Your two-hundred denarius coin, Lord, has made* five two-hundred denarius coins.
19:19 And he also said to him, You, become the authority over five cities.
19:20 And another bondservant came, saying, Lord, behold, here is your two-hundred denarius coin, which I had laid up in a handkerchief;
19:21 for* I feared you, because you are an austere man. You lift up from what you did not lay down and reap what you did not sow.

19:22 But he says to him, I will judge you out of your own mouth, you evil bondservant. You knew that I am an austere man, lifting up from what I did not lay down and reaping what I did not sow?
19:23 Then why did you not give my silver into the bank and when I came back, I might have appropriated it with interest?

19:24 And he said to those standing beside him, Take away the two-hundred denarius coin from him and give it to him who has the ten two-hundred denarius coins.

19:25 And they said to him, Lord, he has ten two-hundred denarius coins. Why?

19:26 For* I say to you* that to everyone who has will be given, but from him who has not, even what he has will be taken away from him.
19:27 However these, my enemies, that did not wish that I should reign over them, lead them here and slaughter them in front of me. {Week of the Crucifixion.}

19:28 And when he had spoken these things, he traveled on in front of them, going up to Jerusalem.

19:29 And it happened, when he drew near to Bethphage and Bethany, toward the mountain that is called Olives, he sent two of the disciples,
19:30 saying, Go your* way into the village before me; in which as you* travel in, you* will find a colt tied, on which {F} no man has sat at anytime. Loose and lead him here.
19:31 And if anyone asks you*, Why do you* loose him? You* will say to him thus, The Lord has need of him.
19:32 And those who were sent went away and found just-as he had said to them.

19:33 And as they loosed the colt, its lords said to them, Why do you* loose the colt?

19:34 And they said, The Lord has need of it.
19:35 And they lead him to Jesus and having tossed their garments upon the colt, they mounted Jesus upon it.
19:36 And as he traveled, they spread their garments in the road.
19:37 Now as he was already drawing near, even to the slope of the Mountain of Olives, the whole crowd of the disciples began rejoicing, and to praise God with a loud voice concerning all the miracles which they had seen;
19:38 saying, The King that is coming in the name of the Lord is blessed; peace in heaven and glory in the highest.

19:39 And some of the Pharisees from the crowd said to him, Teacher, rebuke your disciples.

19:40 And answering, he said to them, I say to you* that if these disciples are silent, then the stones will cry out.

19:41 And when he drew near, he saw the city and wept over it,
19:42 saying, If you had known in this day, even you, for-sure, the things which are for your peace! But now they are hid from your eyes.
19:43 Because the days will come upon you, when your enemies will put a military-barrier around you and surround you and crowd you on every side,
19:44 and will level you to the bedrock and your children with you, and they will not leave in you one stone upon another stone, because you did not know the time of your visitation.
{Mk 11:12-18 & Mt 21:18, 19, 12, 13 & Lk 19:45-48 Road from Bethany to Jerusalem Mon.}

19:45 And he entered into the temple and began to cast out those who were selling and buying in it,
19:46 saying to them, ‘It has been written, my house will be a house of prayer, but you* have made* it a den of robbers.' {Is. 56:7 & Jer. 7:11}
19:47 And he was teaching daily in the temple. But the high-priests and the scribes and the foremost ones of the people sought to destroy him.
19:48 And they did not find what they might do; for* the people all hung on him, listening.
{Footnotes: Lk 19:30- Greek: no one from men.}