Blind Bartimaeus; Zacchaeus; the Pounds

²⁹And as they departed from Jericho, a great multitude followed him. ³⁰And behold, two blind men sitting by the wayside, when they heard that Jesus passed by, cried out, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, thou son of David! ³¹And the multitude rebuked them, saying, They should hold their peace. But they cried the more, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, thou son of David! ³²And Jesus stood still, and called them, and said, What do you desire that I shall do unto you? ³³They say unto him, Lord, that our eyes may be opened. ³⁴So Jesus had compassion on them and touched their eyes, and immediately their eyes received sight, and they followed him.

⁴⁶And they came to Jericho. And as he went out of Jericho, with his disciples and a great number of people, blind Bartimaeus (the son of Timaeus) sat by the highway side, begging. ⁴⁷And when he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out and say, Jesus, thou son of David, have mercy on me! ⁴⁸And many charged him that he should hold his peace, but he cried the more a great deal, Thou exceedingly, saying, Son of David, have mercy on me! ⁴⁹And Jesus stood still and commanded him to be called. And they called the blind man, saying unto him, Be of good comfort; arise, he calls you. ⁵⁰And he, casting away his garment, arose and came to Jesus. ⁵¹And Jesus said unto him, What do you desire that I should do unto you? And the blind man said unto him, Lord, that I might receive my sight. ⁵²And Jesus said unto him, Go your way, your faith has made you whole. And immediately he received his sight and followed Jesus in the way.

³⁵And it came to pass, as he came near Jericho, a certain blind man sat by the wayside begging. ³⁶And hearing the multitude pass by, he asked what it meant. ³⁷And they told him that Jesus of Nazareth passed by. ³⁸And he cried, saying, Jesus, thou son of David, have mercy on me! ³⁹And they who went before rebuked him, telling him that he should hold his peace. But he cried so much the more, Thou saying, Son of David, have mercy on me! ⁴⁰And Jesus stood and commanded him to be brought unto him. And when he had come near, he asked him, ⁴¹saying, What do you desire that I shall do unto you? And he said, Lord, that I may receive my sight. ⁴²And Jesus said unto him, Receive your sight; your faith has saved you. ⁴³And immediately he received his sight and he followed him, glorifying God. And all the people disciples, when they saw it this, gave praise unto God.

¹And Jesus entered and passed through Jericho. ²And behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus who was chief among the publicans, and he was rich. ³And he sought to see Jesus, who he was, and could not for the crowd because he was little of stature. ⁴And he ran before and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see him, for he was to pass that way. ⁵And when Jesus came to the place, he looked up and saw him, and said unto him, Zacchaeus, make haste and come down, for today I must abide at your house. ⁶And he made haste and came down and received him joyfully. ⁷And when they the disciples saw it, they all murmured, saying that he had gone to be guest with a man who is a sinner.

⁸And Zacchaeus stood and said unto the Lord, Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor, and if I have taken anything from any man by false accusation by unjust means, I restore him fourfold. ⁹And Jesus said unto him, This day is salvation come to this house, forasmuch as he also is a son of Abraham, ¹⁰for the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost.

¹¹And as they heard these things, he added and spoke a parable because he was near to Jerusalem, and because they thought the Jews taught that the kingdom of God should immediately appear. ¹²He said therefore, A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom and to return. ¹³And he called his ten servants, and he delivered them ten pounds and said unto them, Trade until I come. ¹⁴But his citizens hated him and sent a messenger after him, saying, We will not have this man to reign over us. ¹⁵And it came to pass that when he had returned, having received the kingdom, then he commanded these servants to be called unto him, to whom he had given the money, that he might know how much every man had gained by trading.

¹⁶Then came the first, saying, Lord, your pound has gained ten pounds. ¹⁷And he said unto him, Well done you good servant; because you have been faithful in a very little, have authority over ten cities. ¹⁸And the second came, saying, Lord, your pound has gained five pounds. ¹⁹And he said likewise to him, Be also over five cities. ²⁰And another came, saying, Lord, behold your pound which I have kept laid up in a napkin, ²¹for I feared you because you are an austere man: you take up that you laid not down, and reap that which you do not sow. ²²And he said unto him, Out of your own mouth will I judge you, thou O wicked servant. You knew that I was an austere man, taking up that which I laid not down, and reaping that I did not sow. ²³Why then did you not give my money into the bank, that at my coming I might have required mine own received my own with usury? ²⁴And he said unto them who stood by, Take from him the pound and give it to him who has ten pounds. (And they said unto him, Lord, he hath ten pounds.)²⁶For I say unto you that unto every one which hath everyone who trades shall be given, and from him that hath not who trades not, even that he hath he has received shall be taken away from him. ²⁷But those my enemies who desire not that I should reign over them, bring them here and slay them before me.