The King Comes

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.