more, "Son of David, have mercy on me!" 40 So Jesus stopped, and
commanded him to be brought to him. And when he came near, he asked
him, 41 "What do you want me to do for you?" He said, "Lord, I want to
receive my sight." 42 And Jesus said to him, "Receive your sight; your
faith has made you well." 43 And immediately he received his sight and
followed him, glorifying God. And all the people, when they saw it, gave
praise to God.
19
1 Jesus entered Jericho and was passing through. 2 Now behold,
there was a man named Zacchaeus; he was a chief tax collector, and he
was rich. 3 And he sought to see who Jesus was, but could not because of
the crowd, for he was of short stature. 4 So he ran on ahead and climbed
up into a sycamore tree to see him, for he was to pass that way. 5 And
when Jesus came to the place, he looked up and said to him, "Zacchaeus,
make haste and come down; for I must stay at your house today." 6 So he
made haste and came down, and received him joyfully. 7 And when they
saw it they all murmured, "He has gone in to be the guest of a man who is
a sinner." 8 And Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, "Look, Lord, the
half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have defrauded any one of
anything, I restore it fourfold." 9 And 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 what was lost."
11 As they heard these things, he went on to tell a parable,
because he was near to Jerusalem, and because they thought that the
kingdom of God was to appear immediately. 12 Therefore he said: "A
certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom
and then return. 13 So he called ten of his servants, gave them ten minas,
and said to them, 'Do business till I come.' 14 But his citizens hated him
and sent a delegation after him, saying, 'We do not want this man to reign
over us.' 15 And so it was that when he returned, having received the
kingdom, he then commanded these servants, to whom he had given the
money, to be called to him, that he might know what they had gained by
trading. 16 Then came the first, saying, ' Master, your mina has earned
ten minas more.' 17 And he said to him, 'Well done, good servant!
Because you have been faithful in a very little, be in authority over ten
cities.' 18 And the second came, saying, 'Master, your mina has earned
five minas.' 19 Likewise he said to him, 'You also be over five cities.' 20
Then another came, saying, 'Master, here is your mina, which I have kept
laid away in a handkerchief; 21 for I was afraid of you, because you are a
hard man. You take up what you did not lay down, and reap what you did
not sow.' 22 He said to him, 'I will judge you out of your own mouth, you
wicked servant! You knew that I was a hard man, taking up what I did not
lay down and reaping what I did not sow? 23 Why then did you not put
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