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1And I AM is Our Salvation (Yeshua) entered
and passed through Its Moon (Jericho).
2 And, behold, there was a man named Pure
(Zacchaeus), who was the chief among the tax collectors, and he was rich.
3 He wanted to see I AM is Our Salvation
(Yeshua), who He was, and could not for the press, because he was short.
4 So, he ran ahead and climbed up into a sycamore
tree to see Him: because He was to pass that way.
5 When I AM is Our Salvation (Yeshua) came
to the place, He looked up, and saw him, and said to him, “Pure (Zacchaeus), make
haste, and come down; for today I must stay at your house.”
6 So he made haste, came down, and received Him
joyfully.
7 When they saw it, they all murmured,
saying, “He was gone to be a guest with a man that is a sinner.”
8 But Pure (Zacchaeus) stood, and said to
the Lord, “Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have
taken anything from any man by false accusation, I restore him fourfold.”
9 Then I AM is Our Salvation (Yeshua) said to
him, “This
day salvation has come to this house, for he also is a son of Father of a
Multitude (Abraham).
10 For the Son of Man has come to seek and
to save that which was lost.”
11 And as they heard these things, He added
and spoke a parable, because He was near Rain of Peace (Jerusalem), and because
they thought that the Kingdom of God would immediately appear.
12 Therefore, He said, “A certain nobleman
went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return.
13 He called his ten servants, and gave
each of them ten pounds, and said to them, ‘Occupy till I come.’
14 But his citizens hated him, and sent a
message after him, saying, ‘We will not have this man to reign over us.’
15 And it came to pass that when he returned,
having received the kingdom, he commanded these servants to be called to him,
to whom he had given the money, that he might know how much each man had gained
by trading.
16 The first came saying, Lord, your pound has
gained ten pounds.
17 He commended him, ‘Well done, good
servant: because you have been faithful in a very little, you now have
authority over ten cities.’
18 The second came, saying, ‘Lord, your
pound has gained five pounds.’
19 And he said likewise to him, ‘You also will
be over five cities.’
20 Another came, saying, ‘Lord, behold,
here is your pound, which I have kept laid up in a napkin:
21 For I feared you, because you are an
austere man: you take up what you do not lay down and reap what you did not
sow.’
22 And he saith to him, ‘Out of your own
mouth will I judge you, you wicked servant. You knew that I was an austere man,
taking up that I did not lay down, and reaping that I did not sow:
23 Why then didn’t you put my money into
the bank, that at my coming I might have received my money with interest?’
24 And he said to them that stood by, ‘Take
the pound from him, and give it to him that has ten pounds.’
25 (But they said to him, ‘Lord, he has ten
pounds.’)
26 ‘For I say to you, that to everyone who has
will be given; and from him that has not, even that he has will be taken away
from him.
27 But those mine enemies, who didn’t want
me to reign over them, bring here, and slay them before me.’”
28 When He finished speaking, He went ahead,
ascending to Rain of Peace (Jerusalem).
29 And it came to pass, when He came near House
of Unripe Figs (Bethphage) and House of Depression or Misery (Bethany), at the
mount called the Mount of Olives, He sent two of his disciples,
30 Saying, “Go into the village ahead; in the which
at your entering you will find a colt tied, whereon a man has never ridden:
loose him, and bring him here.
31 And if any man asks you, ‘Why do you
loose him?’ Say to him, ‘Because the Lord needs him.’”
32 They went as they were told and found it
just as He had said to them.
33 As they were losing the colt, the owners
said to them, “Why are you losing the colt?”
34 They answered, “The Lord has need of him.”
35 They brought him to I AM is Our Salvation
(Yeshua). They cast their garments on the colt, and they set I AM is Our
Salvation (Yeshua) thereon.
36 And as He went, they spread their clothes
in the way.
37 When He came 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 that they had seen;
38 Saying, “Blessed be the King that comes in
the name of the Lord: peace in heaven, and glory in the highest!”
39 But some of The Separates (Pharisees) from
among the multitude said to Him, Master, rebuke Your disciples!
40 But He answered, “I tell you that, if
these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out.”
41 And when He came near, He beheld the city,
and wept over it,
42 Saying, “If only you had known, even you,
at least in this your day, that peace belongs to you! But now they are hidden
from your eyes.
43 For the days will come on you, that your
enemies will cast a trench about you, and surround you, and besiege you on
every side,
44 And will lay you even with the ground, and
your children within you; and they will not leave in thee one stone on another;
because you did not know the time of your visitation.”
45 Then He went into the temple, and began to
cast out those that sold therein, and those that bought;
46 Saying to them, “It is written, My
house is the house of prayer: but you have made it a den of thieves.”
47 He taught daily in the temple. But the
chief priests and the scribes and the chief of the people sought to destroy
him,
48 But they could not find a way, because all the people were very attentive to hear Him.
