Luke 19: Jesus Seeks the Lost

In Jericho, Jesus calls Zacchaeus down from a sycamore tree and stays at his house, and Zacchaeus turns from greed to generosity. Jesus tells a parable about servants who are trusted with money while their master is away. He rides into Jerusalem on a colt as crowds praise Him as King. He weeps over the city and clears the temple of those who were selling there.

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¹ He entered and was passing through Jericho.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
² There was a man named Zacchaeus. He was a chief tax collector, and he was rich.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
³ He was trying to see who Jesus was, and couldn’t because of the crowd, because he was short.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
⁴ He ran on ahead and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see him, for he was going to pass that way.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
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.”This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
⁶ He hurried, came down, and received him joyfully.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
⁷ When they saw it, they all murmured, saying, “He has gone in to lodge with a man who is a sinner.”This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
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.”This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
⁹ Jesus said to him, “Today, salvation has come to this house, because he also is a son of Abraham.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹⁰ For the Son of Man came to seek and to save that which was lost.”This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
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.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹² He said therefore, “A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom and to return.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹³ He called ten servants of his and gave them ten mina coins, and told them, ‘Conduct business until I come.’This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹⁴ But his citizens hated him, and sent an envoy after him, saying, ‘We don’t want this man to reign over us.’This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
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.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹⁶ The first came before him, saying, ‘Lord, your mina has made ten more minas.’This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
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.’This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹⁸ “The second came, saying, ‘Your mina, Lord, has made five minas.’This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹⁹ “So he said to him, ‘And you are to be over five cities.’This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
²⁰ Another came, saying, ‘Lord, behold, your mina, which I kept laid away in a handkerchief,This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
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.’This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
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.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
²³ Then why didn’t you deposit my money in the bank, and at my coming, I might have earned interest on it?’This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
²⁴ He said to those who stood by, ‘Take the mina away from him and give it to him who has the ten minas.’This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
²⁵ “They said to him, ‘Lord, he has ten minas!’This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
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.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
²⁷ But bring those enemies of mine who didn’t want me to reign over them here, and kill them before me.’”This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
²⁸ Having said these things, he went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
²⁹ When he came near to Bethsphage and Bethany, at the mountain that is called Olivet, he sent two of his disciples,This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
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.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
³¹ If anyone asks you, ‘Why are you untying it?’ say to him: ‘The Lord needs it.’”This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
³² Those who were sent went away and found things just as he had told them.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
³³ As they were untying the colt, its owners said to them, “Why are you untying the colt?”This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
³⁴ They said, “The Lord needs it.”This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
³⁵ Then they brought it to Jesus. They threw their cloaks on the colt and sat Jesus on them.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
³⁶ As he went, they spread their cloaks on the road.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
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,This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
³⁸ saying, “Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord! Peace in heaven, and glory in the highest!”This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
³⁹ Some of the Pharisees from the multitude said to him, “Teacher, rebuke your disciples!”This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
⁴⁰ He answered them, “I tell you that if these were silent, the stones would cry out.”This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
⁴¹ When he came near, he saw the city and wept over it,This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
⁴² saying, “If you, even you, had known today the things which belong to your peace! But now, they are hidden from your eyes.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
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,This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
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.”This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
⁴⁵ He entered into the temple and began to drive out those who bought and sold in it,This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
⁴⁶ saying to them, “It is written, ‘My house is a house of prayer,’ but you have made it a ‘den of robbers’!”This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
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.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
⁴⁸ They couldn’t find what they might do, for all the people hung on to every word that he said.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.

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Luke 19 · Preschool

Zacchaeus Meets Jesus

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Color the picture. Point to Zacchaeus in the tree.

Can you find these in the picture? Circle each one!

Bible Verse

“He hurried, came down, and received him joyfully.”

Luke 19:6 (WEB)

Prayer

Thank You, God, for making me!

Take It Home

Read the verse aloud. Ask: Where was Zacchaeus? (Up in a tree!)

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Luke 19 · Grade 4

The King Comes

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Read and Think

Luke 19 begins in Jericho with a man everyone disliked. Zacchaeus was a chief tax collector who had grown rich by cheating. He climbed a tree to see Jesus. Jesus stopped, looked up, and called him by name. Jesus chose to stay at his house, and the crowd grumbled. Meeting Jesus changed Zacchaeus. He promised to give generously and repay those he had cheated four times over. Jesus said He came to seek and to save the lost.

Jesus told a parable about a nobleman who went to a far country to receive a kingdom. He gave each servant money to use while he was gone. When he returned, faithful servants were rewarded with cities to rule. One servant hid the money in a cloth because he was afraid. He lost what he had. Jesus wants us to use His gifts faithfully until He comes back.

Jesus rode a colt down the Mount of Olives, and a crowd of disciples praised God. When He saw Jerusalem, He wept because the city did not recognize God's visit. In the temple, He drove out the sellers. He said God's house should be a house of prayer, and He taught there every day.

Show What You Know

How did meeting Jesus change Zacchaeus?
What did the servant who hid the money do wrong?
Why did Jesus weep over Jerusalem?
What did Jesus say God's house should be?

Word Bank Fill-In

Use the word bank to fill in each blank.

seekcoltZacchaeustree

was a chief tax collector who had grown rich by cheating.
He climbed a to see Jesus.
Jesus said He came to and to save the lost.
Jesus rode a down the Mount of Olives, and a crowd of disciples praised God.

Think About It

Jesus noticed Zacchaeus when others ignored him. Who could you notice and be kind to?
What gifts has God given you to use for Him while you wait for Jesus to return?

Memory Verse

For the Son of Man came to seek and to save that which was lost.”

Luke 19:10 (WEB)

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Prayer

Dear God, thank You for this Bible story. Help me to . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

Meeting Jesus changed Zacchaeus' heart and actions. How has knowing Jesus changed you?
How can you tell someone who feels lost that Jesus cares?
The people praised Jesus out loud. How can you praise Him with your life?

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Luke 19 · Grade 5

To Seek and to Save

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Read and Think

Luke 19 shows the mission of Jesus in one sentence: He came to seek and to save the lost. Zacchaeus proves it. As a chief tax collector, he worked for Rome and took extra money from his own people. Yet Jesus called him by name and invited Himself to his home. The crowd saw a sinner, but Jesus saw a son of Abraham who needed rescue. Zacchaeus's changed life, giving to the poor and making things right, was the fruit of salvation, not the price of it.

Because many expected God's Kingdom to appear immediately, Jesus told a parable. A nobleman went away to receive a kingdom. His servants each received a mina to invest. Some citizens hated him and refused his rule. When he returned, he rewarded faithful servants and judged those who rejected him. Jesus, our King, has gone to heaven and will return. Until then, He calls us to faithful service.

Then Jesus entered Jerusalem as King, riding a colt as Zechariah had foretold. The disciples shouted praise and said, Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord! Jesus wept over the city, because it did not know the things that make for peace. In the temple, He drove out those who were selling. Each day He taught there, and the people hung on His words while the leaders looked for a way to destroy Him.

Show What You Know

Why is Zacchaeus's changed life called the fruit of salvation and not the price of it?
What did the crowd see in Zacchaeus, and what did Jesus see?
Why did Jesus tell the parable of the minas?
How does the parable apply to Jesus' followers today?
How did the people and the leaders respond to Jesus' teaching in the temple?

Crossword

Across

The kind of tree Zacchaeus climbed.
What Jesus rode into Jerusalem.
Zacchaeus would give ____ his things to the poor.
Zacchaeus was ____.

Down

He climbed a tree to see Jesus.
They would cry out if the people kept quiet.

Think About It

Jesus invited Himself to Zacchaeus's home. What would change if Jesus came to stay at your house today?
The disciples praised Jesus as King. What does it mean to treat Jesus as King of your life?

Memory Verse

For the Son of Man came to seek and to save that which was lost.”

Luke 19:10 (WEB)

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Prayer

Dear God, thank You for this Bible story. Help me to . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

Meeting Jesus changed Zacchaeus' heart and actions. How has knowing Jesus changed you?
How can you reach out to people others ignore?
Jesus told a story about servants who used what the master gave them. What has God given you to use well?

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Zacchaeus Meets Jesus

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Jesus Seeks the Lost

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