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Gospel of Luke, Chapter 19

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Chapter 19 of Luke—New World Translation (NWT)

  1. ¶ And he entered Jerʹi·cho1 and was going through.
  2. Now here there was a man called by the name Zac·chaeʹus; and he was a chief tax collector, and he was rich.
  3. Well, he was seeking to see2 who this Jesus was, but he could not for the crowd, because he was small in size.
  4. So he ran ahead to an advance position and climbed a fig-mulberry tree[a] in order to see him, because he was about to go through that way.
  5. Now when Jesus got to the place, he looked up and said to him: “Zac·chaeʹus, hurry and get down, for today I must stay in your house.”
  6. With that he hurried and got down and with rejoicing he received him as guest.
  7. But when they saw [it], they all fell to muttering,3 saying: “With a man that is a sinner he went in to lodge.”
  8. But Zac·chaeʹus stood up and said to the Lord:[b] “Look! The half of my belongings, Lord, I am giving to the poor, and whatever I extorted from anyone by false accusation4 I am restoring fourfold.”5
  9. At this Jesus said to him: “This day salvation has come to this house, because he also is a son of Abraham.6
  10. For the Son of man came to seek and to save what was lost.”7
  11. ¶ While they were listening to these things he spoke in addition an illustration, because he was near Jerusalem and they were imagining that the kingdom of God was going to display itself instantly.8
  12. Therefore he said: “A certain man of noble birth traveled to a distant land to secure kingly power[c] for himself and to return.9
  13. Calling ten slaves of his he gave them ten miʹnas[d] and told them, ‘Do business till I come.’10
  14. But his citizens hated11 him and sent out a body of ambassadors after him, to say, ‘We do not want this [man] to become king over us.’12
  15. ¶ “Eventually when he got back after having secured the kingly power,[e] he commanded to be called to him these slaves to whom he had given the silver money, in order to ascertain what they had gained by business activity.13
  16. Then the first one presented himself, saying, ‘Lord,[f] your miʹna gained ten miʹnas.’14
  17. So he said to him, ‘Well done, good slave! Because in a very small matter you have proved yourself faithful, hold authority over ten cities.’15
  18. Now the second came, saying, ‘Your miʹna, Lord, made five miʹnas.’16
  19. He said to this one also, ‘You, too, be in charge of five cities.’17
  20. But a different one[g] came, saying, ‘Lord, here is your miʹna, that I kept laid away in a cloth.
  21. You see, I was in fear of you, because you are a harsh man; you take up what you did not deposit and you reap what you did not sow.’18
  22. He said to him, ‘Out of your own mouth19 I judge you, wicked slave. You knew, did you, that I am a harsh man, taking up what I did not deposit and reaping what I did not sow?20
  23. Hence why is it you did not put my silver money in a bank? Then on my arrival I would have collected it with interest.’21
  24. ¶ “With that he said to those standing by, ‘Take the miʹna from him and give it to him that has the ten miʹnas.’22
  25. But they said to him, ‘Lord, he has ten miʹnas!’—
  26. ‘I say to YOU, To everyone that has, more will be given; but from the one that does not have, even what he has will be taken away.23
  27. Moreover, these enemies of mine that did not want me to become king over them BRING here and slaughter them before me.’”24
  28. ¶ So, after he had said these things, he began to go on ahead, going up to Jerusalem.25
  29. And when he got near to Bethʹpha·ge and Bethʹa·ny at the mountain called Mount of Olives,26 he sent forth two of the disciples,27
  30. saying: “Go into the village that is within sight of YOU, and in it after YOU pass in YOU will find a colt tied, on which none of mankind ever sat. Loose it and bring it.28
  31. But if anyone asks YOU, ‘Why is it YOU are loosing it?’ YOU must speak in this way, ‘The Lord needs it.’”29
  32. So those who were sent forth departed and found it just as he said to them.30
  33. But as they were loosing the colt the owners of it said to them: “Why are YOU loosing the colt?”31
  34. They said: “The Lord needs it.”32
  35. And they led it to Jesus, and they threw their outer garments upon the colt and set Jesus upon [it].33
  36. ¶ As he moved34 along they kept spreading their outer garments on the road.35
  37. As soon as he got near the road down the Mount of Olives all the multitude of the disciples started to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice concerning all the powerful works they had seen,36
  38. saying: “Blessed is the One coming as the King in Jehovah’s[h] name!37 Peace in heaven, and glory in the highest places!”[i]38
  39. However, some of the Pharisees from the crowd said to him: “Teacher, rebuke your disciples.”39
  40. But in reply he said: “I tell YOU, If these remained silent, the stones40 would cry out.”
  41. ¶ And when he got nearby, he viewed the city and wept over it,41
  42. saying: “If you, even you, had discerned42 in this day the things having to do with peace—but now they have been hid from your eyes.43
  43. Because the days will come upon you when your enemies will build around you a fortification44 with pointed stakes45 and will encircle46 you and distress47 you from every side,
  44. and they will dash you and your children within you to the ground,48 and they will not leave a stone upon a stone49 in you, because you did not discern the time of your being inspected.”50
  45. ¶ And he entered into the temple and started to throw out those who were selling,51
  46. saying to them: “It is written, ‘And my house will be a house of prayer,’52 but YOU made it a cave of robbers.”53
  47. ¶ Furthermore, he went teaching daily in the temple. But the chief priests and the scribes and the principal ones of the people were seeking to destroy him;54
  48. and yet they did not find the effective thing for them to do, for the people one and all kept hanging onto him to hear him.55

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ Or, “sycamore tree.”
  2. ^ Or, “Master.”
  3. ^ Or, “secure a kingdom.”
  4. ^ A Gr. mina weighed 340 g (10.9 oz t); not a coin, and different from the Heb. mina.
  5. ^ Or, “kingdom.” Gr., ba·si·leiʹan; Lat., reʹgno.
  6. ^ Or, “Master.”
  7. ^ Or, “another one.” Sys, “the last one.”
  8. ^ See App 1D.
  9. ^ Or, “in the heights above.”

REFERENCES

  1. ^ Mt 20:29
  2. ^ Jn 6:24; 12:21
  3. ^ Mt 9:11; Lu 5:30; 15:2
  4. ^ Ex 20:16; Lu 3:14
  5. ^ Ex 22:1; Le 6:5; 2Sa 12:6
  6. ^ Mt 15:24; Lu 13:16; Ac 3:25
  7. ^ Eze 34:16; Mt 9:13; 10:6; Lu 15:4; Ro 5:8; 1Ti 1:15
  8. ^ Mt 24:33; Lu 17:20; Ac 1:6; 2Th 2:2
  9. ^ Mt 25:14; Mr 13:34; Jn 18:36
  10. ^ Mt 25:15
  11. ^ Jn 1:11
  12. ^ Ps 2:2; Mt 23:37
  13. ^ Mt 25:19
  14. ^ Mt 25:20
  15. ^ Mt 25:21; Lu 16:10; Re 2:26
  16. ^ Mt 25:22
  17. ^ Mt 25:23
  18. ^ Mt 25:24
  19. ^ 2Sa 1:16; Mt 12:37
  20. ^ Mt 25:26
  21. ^ De 23:20; Mt 25:27
  22. ^ Mt 25:28
  23. ^ Mt 13:12; 25:29; Mr 4:25; Lu 8:18
  24. ^ Ge 3:15; Ps 2:9; Is 60:12; 1Co 15:25; 2Th 1:9; Re 19:15
  25. ^ Mr 10:32; Lu 9:51
  26. ^ Jn 8:1; Ac 1:12
  27. ^ Mt 21:1; Mr 11:1
  28. ^ Mt 21:2; Mr 11:2
  29. ^ Ps 50:10; Mt 21:3; Mr 11:3
  30. ^ Mt 21:6; Mr 11:4; Lu 22:13
  31. ^ Mr 11:5
  32. ^ Mr 11:6
  33. ^ 2Ki 9:13; Mt 21:7; Mr 11:7; Jn 12:14
  34. ^ Zc 9:9
  35. ^ Mt 21:8; Mr 11:8
  36. ^ Mt 21:9
  37. ^ Is 62:11
  38. ^ Ps 118:26; Mr 11:9; Lu 2:14
  39. ^ Mt 21:15; Jn 12:19
  40. ^ Hab 2:11; Mt 3:9
  41. ^ Ps 119:136; Je 9:1; Lu 23:28; Jn 11:35
  42. ^ De 28:52; 32:29
  43. ^ Is 6:10; Mt 13:14; Mr 4:12; Ac 28:26; Ro 11:8
  44. ^ Is 29:3
  45. ^ Je 6:6
  46. ^ Lu 21:20
  47. ^ De 28:57; Da 9:26
  48. ^ Ps 137:9; Mc 3:12; Lu 23:28
  49. ^ Mt 24:2; Mr 13:2; Lu 21:6
  50. ^ Ho 9:7; Mc 7:4; Lu 1:68; 1Pe 2:12
  51. ^ Mt 21:12; Mr 11:15
  52. ^ Is 56:7
  53. ^ Je 7:11; Mt 21:13; Mr 11:17; Jn 2:16
  54. ^ Mr 11:18; Jn 7:19; 18:20
  55. ^ Mr 12:37; Lu 21:38

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Comments

  1. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  2. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. James LernerJames Lerner
      Jul 20, 2024 09:48 GMT

      The NWT is Satanic filth to its very core.

      The JW Cult is Satanic to its very core.

      Praise Yahweh I will never be a victim of JW brainwashing. If I burn in Hell for eternity or I am ultimately annihilated so be it

      May Yahweh's curse rest on the Watchtower Society and its Satanic leadership

    2. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  3. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  4. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

    2. ChrisChris
      Jan 8, 2021 07:15 GMT

      Please site these intentional heresies. I am well versed in the watch tower outline and agree they are in many ways incorrect but i also bet i can point many out from EVERY established or main denomination. There is much to learn from them all as one who drinks milk?

      Judge not lest ye be judged, that is not to pass judgement on you either brother.

      I debate with scripture. I don't hold it to be true that Michael is Y'Shua HaMeshiach but I also firmly hold it to be true that our G-d and Heavenly Father are not the word encarnate and only begotten son.

      I love not seeing "lord" which i relate to baal. I feel the catholic church is a satanic establishment and I am aware a freemason started the hovies but there are evil in high places and our fight is also with principalities.

      What i'm saying is that in my darkest hours, those two were some of if not the only ones who would bring a Bible and eucharist and pray with me.

      We all fall short of the glory of G-d.

      Don't forget the NWT was recognized as the most accurate translation on Jeopardy.

      Lastly, this is different I noted than the NWT i have read and am very familiar with. Pull up the watchtower page and compare. I truly look forward to getting this one!

  5. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  6. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  7. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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