1 Jesus entrou em Jericó e ia atravessando a cidade.

2 Havia aí um homem muito rico chamado Zaqueu, chefe dos recebedores de impostos.

3 Ele procurava ver quem era Jesus, mas não o conseguia por causa da multidão, porque era de baixa estatura.

4 Ele correu adiande, subiu a um sicômoro para o ver, quando ele passasse por ali.

5 Chegando Jesus àquele lugar e levantando os olhos, viu-o e disse-lhe: Zaqueu, desce depressa, porque é preciso que eu fique hoje em tua casa.

6 Ele desceu a toda a pressa e recebeu-o alegremente.

7 Vendo isto, todos murmuravam e diziam: Ele vai hospedar-se em casa de um pecador...

8 Zaqueu, entretanto, de pé diante do Senhor, disse-lhe: Senhor, vou dar a metade dos meus bens aos pobres e, se tiver defraudado alguém, restituirei o quádruplo.

9 Disse-lhe Jesus: Hoje entrou a salvação nesta casa, porquanto também este é filho de Abraão.

10 Pois o Filho do Homem veio procurar e salvar o que estava perdido.

11 Ouviam-no falar. E como estava perto de Jerusalém, alguns se persuadiam de que o Reino de Deus se havia de manifestar brevemente; ele acrescentou esta parábola:

12 Um homem ilustre foi para um país distante, a fim de ser investido da realeza e depois regressar.

13 Chamou dez dos seus servos e deu-lhes dez minas, dizendo-lhes: Negociai até eu voltar.

14 Mas os homens daquela região odiavam-no e enviaram atrás dele embaixadores, para protestarem: Não queremos que ele reine sobre nós.

15 Quando, investido da dignidade real, voltou, mandou chamar os servos a quem confiara o dinheiro, a fim de saber quanto cada um tinha lucrado.

16 Veio o primeiro: Senhor, a tua mina rendeu dez outras minas.

17 Ele lhe disse: Muito bem, servo bom; porque foste fiel nas coisas pequenas, receberás o governo de dez cidades.

18 Veio o segundo: Senhor, a tua mina rendeu cinco outras minas.

19 Disse a este: Sê também tu governador de cinco cidades.

20 Veio também o outro: Senhor, aqui tens a tua mina, que guardei embrulhada num lenço;

21 pois tive medo de ti, por seres homem rigoroso, que tiras o que não puseste e ceifas o que não semeaste.

22 Replicou-lhe ele: Servo mau, pelas tuas palavras te julgo. Sabias que sou rigoroso, que tiro o que não depositei e ceifo o que não semeei...

23 Por que, pois, não puseste o meu dinheiro num banco? Na minha volta, eu o teria retirado com juros.

24 E disse aos que estavam presentes: Tirai-lhe a mina, e dai-a ao que tem dez minas.

25 Replicaram-lhe: Senhor, este já tem dez minas!...

26 Eu vos declaro: a todo aquele que tiver, dar-se-lhe-á; mas, ao que não tiver, ser-lhe-á tirado até o que tem.

27 Quanto aos que me odeiam, e que não me quiseram por rei, trazei-os e massacrai-os na minha presença.

28 Depois destas palavras, Jesus os foi precedendo no caminho que sobe a Jerusalém.

29 Chegando perto de Betfagé e de Betânia, junto do monte chamado das Oliveiras, Jesus enviou dois dos seus discípulos e disse-lhes:

30 Ide a essa aldeia que está defronte de vós. Entrando nela, achareis um jumentinho atado, em que nunca montou pessoa alguma; desprendei-o e trazei-mo.

31 Se alguém vos perguntar por que o soltais, responder-lhe-eis assim: O Senhor precisa dele.

32 Partiram os dois discípulos e acharam tudo como Jesus tinha dito.

33 Quando desprendiam o jumentinho, perguntaram-lhes seus donos: Por que fazeis isto?

34 Eles responderam: O Senhor precisa dele.

35 E trouxeram a Jesus o jumentinho, sobre o qual deitaram seus mantos e fizeram Jesus montar.

36 À sua passagem, muitas pessoas estendiam seus mantos no caminho.

37 Quando já se ia aproximando da descida do monte das Oliveiras, toda a multidão dos discípulos, tomada de alegria, começou a louvar a Deus em altas vozes, por todas as maravilhas que tinha visto.

38 E dizia: Bendito o rei que vem em nome do Senhor! Paz no céu e glória no mais alto dos céus!

39 Neste momento, alguns fariseus interpelaram a Jesus no meio da multidão: Mestre, repreende os teus discípulos.

40 Ele respondeu: Digo-vos: se estes se calarem, clamarão as pedras!

41 Aproximando-se ainda mais, Jesus contemplou Jerusalém e chorou sobre ela, dizendo:

42 Oh! Se também tu, ao menos neste dia que te é dado, conhecesses o que te pode trazer a paz!... Mas não, isso está oculto aos teus olhos.

43 Virão sobre ti dias em que os teus inimigos te cercarão de trincheiras, te sitiarão e te apertarão de todos os lados;

44 destruir-te-ão a ti e a teus filhos que estiverem dentro de ti, e não deixarão em ti pedra sobre pedra, porque não conheceste o tempo em que foste visitada.

45 Em seguida, entrou no templo e começou a expulsar os mercadores.

46 Disse ele: Está escrito: A minha casa é casa de oração! Mas vós a fizestes um covil de ladrões {Is 56,7; Jr 7,11}.

47 Todos os dias ensinava no templo. Os príncipes dos sacerdotes, porém, os escribas e os chefes do povo procuravam tirar-lhe a vida.

48 Mas não sabiam como realizá-lo, porque todo o povo ficava suspenso de admiração, quando o ouvia falar.

1 He entered and was passing through Jericho. 2 There was a man named Zacchaeus. He was a chief tax collector, and he was rich. 3 He was trying to see who Jesus was, and couldn’t because of the crowd, because he was short. 4 He ran on ahead and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see him, for he was going to pass that way. 5 When Jesus came to the place, he looked up and saw him, and said to him, "Zacchaeus, hurry and come down, for today I must stay at your house." 6 He hurried, came down, and received him joyfully. 7 When they saw it, they all murmured, saying, "He has gone in to lodge with a man who is a sinner."

8 Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, "Behold, Lord, half of my goods I give to the poor. If I have wrongfully exacted anything of anyone, I restore four times as much."

9 Jesus said to him, "Today, salvation has come to this house, because he also is a son of Abraham. 10 For the Son of Man came to seek and to save that which was lost."

11 As they heard these things, he went on and told a parable, because he was near Jerusalem, and they supposed that God’s Kingdom would be revealed immediately. 12 He said therefore, "A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom and to return. 13 He called ten servants of his and gave them ten mina coins, and told them, ‘Conduct business until I come.’ 14 But his citizens hated him, and sent an envoy after him, saying, ‘We don’t want this man to reign over us.’

15 "When he had come back again, having received the kingdom, he commanded these servants, to whom he had given the money, to be called to him, that he might know what they had gained by conducting business. 16 The first came before him, saying, ‘Lord, your mina has made ten more minas.’

17 "He said to him, ‘Well done, you good servant! Because you were found faithful with very little, you shall have authority over ten cities.’

18 "The second came, saying, ‘Your mina, Lord, has made five minas.’

19 "So he said to him, ‘And you are to be over five cities.’

20 Another came, saying, ‘Lord, behold, your mina, which I kept laid away in a handkerchief, 21 for I feared you, because you are an exacting man. You take up that which you didn’t lay down, and reap that which you didn’t sow.’

22 "He said to him, ‘Out of your own mouth I will judge you, you wicked servant! You knew that I am an exacting man, taking up that which I didn’t lay down and reaping that which I didn’t sow. 23 Then why didn’t you deposit my money in the bank, and at my coming, I might have earned interest on it?’ 24 He said to those who stood by, ‘Take the mina away from him and give it to him who has the ten minas.’

25 "They said to him, ‘Lord, he has ten minas!’ 26 ‘For I tell you that to everyone who has, will more be given; but from him who doesn’t have, even that which he has will be taken away from him. 27 But bring those enemies of mine who didn’t want me to reign over them here, and kill them before me.’" 28 Having said these things, he went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem.

29 When he came near to Bethsphage and Bethany, at the mountain that is called Olivet, he sent two of his disciples, 30 saying, "Go your way into the village on the other side, in which, as you enter, you will find a colt tied, which no man has ever sat upon. Untie it and bring it. 31 If anyone asks you, ‘Why are you untying it?’ say to him: ‘The Lord needs it.’"

32 Those who were sent went away and found things just as he had told them. 33 As they were untying the colt, its owners said to them, "Why are you untying the colt?" 34 They said, "The Lord needs it." 35 Then they brought it to Jesus. They threw their cloaks on the colt and sat Jesus on them. 36 As he went, they spread their cloaks on the road.

37 As he was now getting near, at the descent of the Mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works which they had seen, 38 saying, "Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord! Peace in heaven, and glory in the highest!"

39 Some of the Pharisees from the multitude said to him, "Teacher, rebuke your disciples!"

40 He answered them, "I tell you that if these were silent, the stones would cry out."

41 When he came near, he saw the city and wept over it, 42 saying, "If you, even you, had known today the things which belong to your peace! But now, they are hidden from your eyes. 43 For the days will come on you when your enemies will throw up a barricade against you, surround you, hem you in on every side, 44 and will dash you and your children within you to the ground. They will not leave in you one stone on another, because you didn’t know the time of your visitation."

45 He entered into the temple and began to drive out those who bought and sold in it, 46 saying to them, "It is written, ‘My house is a house of prayer,’ but you have made it a ‘den of robbers’!"

47 He was teaching daily in the temple, but the chief priests, the scribes, and the leading men among the people sought to destroy him. 48 They couldn’t find what they might do, for all the people hung on to every word that he said.