The Parable of the Ten Pounds Luke 19.11-27; Matthew 25.14-30

¹¹Now as they were listening to these things, He proceeded to tell a parable, because He was approaching Jerusalem and because they thought that the kingdom of God was going to be brought to light and shown forth immediately. ¹²He therefore said, "A certain nobleman went into a distant country to obtain for himself a kingdom and then to return. ¹³Calling ten of his [own] bond servants, he gave them ten minas [each equal to about one hundred days' wages or nearly twenty dollars] and said to them, 'Buy and sell with these while I go and then return.' ¹⁴But his citizens detested him and sent an embassy after him to say, 'We do not want this man to become ruler over us.' ¹⁵When he returned after having received the kingdom, he ordered these bond servants to whom he had given the money to be called to him, that he might know how much each one had made by buying and selling. ¹⁶The first one came before him, and he said, 'Lord, your mina has made ten [additional] minas.' ¹⁷And he said to him, 'Well done, excellent bond servant! Because you have been faithful and trustworthy in a very little [thing], you shall have authority over ten cities.' ¹⁸The second one also came and said, 'Lord, your mina has made five more minas.' ¹⁹And he said to him, 'And you will take charge over five cities.' ²⁰Then another came and said, 'Lord, here is your mina, which I have kept lain up in a handkerchief. ²¹For I was [constantly] afraid of you, because you are stern (hard, severe) man; you pick up what you did not lay down, and you reap what you did not sow.' ²²He said to the servant, 'I will judge and condemn you out of your own mouth, you wicked slave! You knew [did you] that I was a stern (hard, severe) man, picking up what I did not lay down, and reaping what I did not sow? ²³Then why did you not put my money in a bank, so that on my return, I might have collected it with interest?' ²⁴And he said to the bystanders, 'Take the mina away from him and give it to him who has the ten minas.' ²⁵And they said to him, 'Lord, he has ten minas [already]!' ²⁶And [said Jesus,] 'I tell you that to everyone who gets and has will more be given, but form the man who does not get and does not have, even what he has will be taken away. ²⁷[The indignant king ended by saying] But as for these enemies of mine who did not want me to reign over them - bring them here and slaughter them in my presence!'"

Jesus' Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem Luke 19.28-44; Matthew 21.1-9; Mark 11.1-10; John 12.12-15

²⁸And after saying these things, Jesus went on ahead of them, going up to Jerusalem.

²⁹When He came near Bethphage and Bethany at the mount called [the Mount of] Olives, He sent two of His disciples, ³⁰telling [them], "Go into the village yonder; there, as you go in, you will find a donkey's colt tied, on which no man has ever yet sat. Loose it and bring [it here]. ³¹If anybody asks you, 'Why are you untying [it]?' you shall say this, 'Because the Lord has need of it.'" ³²So those who were sent went away and found it [just] as He had told them. ³³And as they were loosening the colt, its owners said to them, "Why are you untying the colt?" ³⁴And they said, "The Lord has need of it." ³⁵And they brought it to Jesus; then they threw their garments over the colt and set Jesus upon it. [Zech9.9] ³⁶And as He rode along, the people kept spreading their garments on the road. [2Kings9.13] ³⁷As He was approaching [the city], at the descent of the Mount of Olives, the whole crowd of the disciples began to rejoice and to praise God [extolling Him exultantly and] loudly for all the mighty miracles and works of power that they had witnessed, ³⁸crying,

And they will dash you down to the ground, you [Jerusalem] and your children within you; and they will not leave in you one stone upon another, [all] because you did not come progressively to recognize and know and understand [from observation and experience] the time of your visitation [that is, when God was visiting you, the time in which God showed Himself gracious toward you and offered you salvation through Christ]."

 

Jesus Cleanses the Temple Luke 19.45-48; Matthew 21.12-13; Mark 11.15-18; John 2.13-16

⁴⁵Then He went into the temple [enclosure] and began to drive out those who were selling, ⁴⁶telling them, "It is written,

'My house shall be a house of prayer'; but you have made it a cave of robbers." [Isa56.7; Jer7.11]

⁴⁷And He continued to teach day after day in the temple [porches and courts]. The chief priests and scribes and the leading men of the people were seeking to put Him to death, ⁴⁸but they did not discover anything they could do, for all the people hung upon His words and stuck by Him.

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