WEBVTT 00:00:00.919 --> 00:00:03.700 Hello, this is Father Paul, and I'm glad we're 00:00:03.700 --> 00:00:05.740 taking this journey together to read the Bible 00:00:05.740 --> 00:00:08.939 in a year. Today's reading is from the Gospel 00:00:08.939 --> 00:00:12.140 of Luke chapter 19 and the Gospel of John chapter 00:00:12.140 --> 00:00:17.399 12. Luke chapter 19. Then Jesus entered and passed 00:00:17.399 --> 00:00:20.280 through Jericho. Now behold, there was a man 00:00:20.280 --> 00:00:23.160 named Zacchaeus, who was a chief tax collector, 00:00:23.420 --> 00:00:26.149 and he was rich. And he sought to see who Jesus 00:00:26.149 --> 00:00:28.989 was, but could not because of the crowd, for 00:00:28.989 --> 00:00:32.210 he was of short stature. So he ran ahead and 00:00:32.210 --> 00:00:35.570 climbed up into a sycamore tree to see him, for 00:00:35.570 --> 00:00:37.850 he was going to pass that way. And when Jesus 00:00:37.850 --> 00:00:40.350 came to the place, he looked up and saw him, 00:00:40.390 --> 00:00:43.289 and said to him, Zacchaeus, make haste and come 00:00:43.289 --> 00:00:47.109 down, for today I must stay at your house. So 00:00:47.109 --> 00:00:49.509 he made haste and came down and received him 00:00:49.509 --> 00:00:52.840 joyfully. But when they saw it, they all complained, 00:00:52.960 --> 00:00:55.340 saying, He has gone to be a guest with a man 00:00:55.340 --> 00:00:58.520 who is a sinner. Then Zacchaeus stood and said 00:00:58.520 --> 00:01:02.200 to the Lord, Look, Lord, I give half of my goods 00:01:02.200 --> 00:01:05.120 to the poor, and if I have taken anything from 00:01:05.120 --> 00:01:09.040 anyone by false accusation, I restore fourfold. 00:01:09.439 --> 00:01:12.299 And Jesus said to him, Today salvation has come 00:01:12.299 --> 00:01:15.859 to this house, because he also is a son of Abraham. 00:01:19.480 --> 00:01:22.560 that which was lost. Now as they heard these 00:01:22.560 --> 00:01:25.060 things, he spoke another parable, because he 00:01:25.060 --> 00:01:27.280 was near Jerusalem, and because they thought 00:01:27.280 --> 00:01:29.420 the kingdom of God would appear immediately. 00:01:29.859 --> 00:01:33.180 Therefore he said, A certain nobleman went into 00:01:33.180 --> 00:01:35.459 a far country to receive for himself a kingdom 00:01:35.459 --> 00:01:38.299 and to return. So he called ten of his servants, 00:01:38.500 --> 00:01:41.719 delivered to them ten minas, and said to them, 00:01:41.819 --> 00:01:45.000 Do business till I come. But his citizens hated 00:01:45.000 --> 00:01:48.640 him and sent a delegation After him saying, We 00:01:48.640 --> 00:01:51.340 will not have this man to reign over us. And 00:01:51.340 --> 00:01:54.280 so it was that when he returned, having received 00:01:54.280 --> 00:01:56.819 the kingdom, he then commanded these servants 00:01:56.819 --> 00:01:59.680 to whom he had given the money to be called to 00:01:59.680 --> 00:02:03.459 him that he might know how much every man had 00:02:03.459 --> 00:02:06.579 gained by trading. Then came the first saying, 00:02:06.859 --> 00:02:10.099 Master, your mina has earned ten minas. And he 00:02:10.099 --> 00:02:12.699 said to him, Well done, good servant, because 00:02:12.699 --> 00:02:15.639 you were faithful in a very little, have authority. 00:02:16.189 --> 00:02:18.610 over ten cities. And the second came saying, 00:02:18.889 --> 00:02:22.710 Master, your mina has earned five minas. Likewise 00:02:22.710 --> 00:02:26.009 he said to him, You also be over five cities. 00:02:26.370 --> 00:02:29.770 Then another came saying, Master, here is your 00:02:29.770 --> 00:02:32.669 mina, which I have kept put away in a handkerchief. 00:02:32.870 --> 00:02:36.250 For I feared you because you are an austere man. 00:02:36.449 --> 00:02:39.150 You collect what you did not deposit, and reap 00:02:39.150 --> 00:02:42.189 what you did not sow. And he said to him, Out 00:02:42.189 --> 00:02:44.650 of your own mouth I will judge you, you wicked 00:02:44.650 --> 00:02:47.599 servant. You knew that I was an austere man, 00:02:47.780 --> 00:02:50.840 collecting what I did not deposit and reaping 00:02:50.840 --> 00:02:54.539 what I did not sow. Why then did you not put 00:02:54.539 --> 00:02:57.520 my money in the bank, that at my coming I might 00:02:57.520 --> 00:03:00.280 have collected it with interest? And he said 00:03:00.280 --> 00:03:03.020 to those who stood by, Take the mina from him 00:03:03.020 --> 00:03:06.000 and give it to him who has ten minas. But they 00:03:06.000 --> 00:03:09.139 said to him, Master, he has ten minas. For I 00:03:09.139 --> 00:03:12.259 say to you that to everyone who has will be given, 00:03:12.360 --> 00:03:15.599 and from him who does not have. Even what he 00:03:15.599 --> 00:03:18.900 has will be taken away from him. But bring here 00:03:18.900 --> 00:03:22.060 those enemies of mine, who did not want me to 00:03:22.060 --> 00:03:25.539 reign over them, and slay them before me. When 00:03:25.539 --> 00:03:28.240 he had said this, he went on ahead, going up 00:03:28.240 --> 00:03:30.900 to Jerusalem. And it came to pass, when he drew 00:03:30.900 --> 00:03:33.439 near to Bethphage and Bethany, at the mountain 00:03:33.439 --> 00:03:36.280 called Olivet, that he sent two of his disciples, 00:03:36.379 --> 00:03:39.639 saying, Go into the village opposite you, where, 00:03:39.800 --> 00:03:43.099 as you enter, you will find a colt tied. on which 00:03:43.099 --> 00:03:46.379 no one has ever sat. Loose it and bring it here. 00:03:46.659 --> 00:03:49.919 And if anyone asks you why you are loosing it, 00:03:50.060 --> 00:03:52.860 thus you shall say to him, Because the Lord has 00:03:52.860 --> 00:03:56.120 need of it. So those who were sent went their 00:03:56.120 --> 00:03:58.560 way and found it just as he had said to them. 00:03:58.759 --> 00:04:01.360 But as they were loosing the colt, the owners 00:04:01.360 --> 00:04:04.300 of it said to them, Why are you loosing the colt? 00:04:04.539 --> 00:04:07.659 And they said, The Lord has need of him. Then 00:04:07.659 --> 00:04:09.740 they brought him to Jesus. And they threw their 00:04:09.740 --> 00:04:12.360 own clothes on the colt, and they set Jesus on 00:04:12.360 --> 00:04:15.240 him. And as he went, many spread their clothes 00:04:15.240 --> 00:04:18.560 on the road. Then, as he was now drawing near 00:04:18.560 --> 00:04:21.379 the descent of the Mount of Olives, the whole 00:04:21.379 --> 00:04:24.160 multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and 00:04:24.160 --> 00:04:27.300 praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty 00:04:27.300 --> 00:04:30.740 works they had seen, saying, Blessed is the King 00:04:30.740 --> 00:04:33.680 who comes in the name of the Lord. Peace in heaven 00:04:33.680 --> 00:04:36.819 and glory in the highest. And some of the Pharisees 00:04:36.819 --> 00:04:40.019 called to him from the crowd, Teacher, rebuke 00:04:40.019 --> 00:04:42.360 your disciples. But he answered and said to them, 00:04:42.540 --> 00:04:45.480 I tell you that if these should keep silent, 00:04:45.680 --> 00:04:49.819 the stones would immediately cry out. Now as 00:04:49.819 --> 00:04:52.439 he drew near, he saw the city and wept over it, 00:04:52.480 --> 00:04:55.660 saying, If you had known, even you, especially 00:04:55.660 --> 00:04:58.720 in this day, the things that make for your peace. 00:04:59.209 --> 00:05:02.490 But now they are hidden from your eyes. For days 00:05:02.490 --> 00:05:05.029 will come upon you when your enemies will build 00:05:05.029 --> 00:05:08.550 an embankment around you, surround you, and close 00:05:08.550 --> 00:05:11.769 you in on every side, and level you and your 00:05:11.769 --> 00:05:14.589 children within you to the ground. And they will 00:05:14.589 --> 00:05:17.290 not leave in you one stone upon another, because 00:05:17.290 --> 00:05:19.810 you did not know the time of your visitation. 00:05:20.110 --> 00:05:22.649 Then he went into the temple and began to drive 00:05:22.649 --> 00:05:25.730 out those who bought and sold in it, saying to 00:05:25.730 --> 00:05:28.569 them, It is written, My house is a house of prayer. 00:05:28.990 --> 00:05:31.970 but you have made it a den of thieves. And he 00:05:31.970 --> 00:05:34.750 was teaching daily in the temple. But the chief 00:05:34.750 --> 00:05:37.310 priests, the scribes, and the leaders of the 00:05:37.310 --> 00:05:39.870 people sought to destroy him and were unable 00:05:39.870 --> 00:05:42.769 to do anything, for all the people were very 00:05:42.769 --> 00:05:51.230 attentive to hear him. Then, six days before 00:05:51.230 --> 00:05:54.870 the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus 00:05:54.870 --> 00:05:57.949 was, who had been dead, whom he had raised from 00:05:57.949 --> 00:06:01.459 the dead. There they made him a supper, and Martha 00:06:01.459 --> 00:06:04.620 served, but Lazarus was one of those who sat 00:06:04.620 --> 00:06:07.500 at the table with him. Then Mary took a pound 00:06:07.500 --> 00:06:10.959 of very costly oil of spikenard, anointed the 00:06:10.959 --> 00:06:13.759 feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair, 00:06:13.860 --> 00:06:16.439 and the house was filled with the fragrance of 00:06:16.439 --> 00:06:19.779 the oil. But one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, 00:06:19.920 --> 00:06:23.319 Simon's son, who would betray him, said, Why 00:06:23.319 --> 00:06:25.959 was this fragrant oil not sold for three hundred 00:06:25.959 --> 00:06:28.949 denarii and given to the poor? This he said, 00:06:29.110 --> 00:06:31.610 not that he cared for the poor, but because he 00:06:31.610 --> 00:06:34.810 was a thief, and had the money box, and he used 00:06:34.810 --> 00:06:38.449 to take what was put in it. But Jesus said, Let 00:06:38.449 --> 00:06:41.589 her alone. She has kept this for the day of my 00:06:41.589 --> 00:06:44.529 burial. For the poor you have with you always, 00:06:44.709 --> 00:06:48.029 but me you do not have always. Now a great many 00:06:48.029 --> 00:06:50.790 of the Jews knew that he was there, and they 00:06:50.790 --> 00:06:53.889 came, not for Jesus' sake only, but that they 00:06:53.889 --> 00:06:57.290 might also see Lazarus, whom he had raised from 00:06:57.290 --> 00:07:00.230 the dead. But the chief priests plotted to put 00:07:00.230 --> 00:07:03.069 Lazarus to death also, because on account of 00:07:03.069 --> 00:07:05.889 him, many of the Jews went away and believed 00:07:05.889 --> 00:07:09.449 in Jesus. The next day, a great multitude that 00:07:09.449 --> 00:07:11.870 had come to the feast, when they heard that Jesus 00:07:11.870 --> 00:07:14.529 was coming to Jerusalem, took branches of palm 00:07:14.529 --> 00:07:17.310 trees and went out to meet him and cried out, 00:07:17.449 --> 00:07:20.430 Hosanna, blessed is he who comes in the name 00:07:20.430 --> 00:07:23.629 of the Lord, the King of Israel. Then Jesus, 00:07:23.829 --> 00:07:26.629 when he had found a young donkey, sat on it, 00:07:26.860 --> 00:07:29.639 As it is written, Fear not, daughter of Zion. 00:07:30.040 --> 00:07:33.300 Behold, your king is coming, sitting on a donkey's 00:07:33.300 --> 00:07:36.100 colt. His disciples did not understand these 00:07:36.100 --> 00:07:38.939 things at first, but when Jesus was glorified, 00:07:39.160 --> 00:07:41.779 then they remembered that these things were written 00:07:41.779 --> 00:07:44.459 about him, and that they had done these things 00:07:44.459 --> 00:07:47.620 to him. Therefore the people who were with him 00:07:47.620 --> 00:07:50.459 when he called Lazarus out of his tomb and raised 00:07:50.459 --> 00:07:53.600 him from the dead, bore witness. For this reason, 00:07:53.740 --> 00:07:56.560 the people also met him. because they heard that 00:07:56.560 --> 00:07:58.959 he had done this sign. The Pharisees therefore 00:07:58.959 --> 00:08:02.899 said among themselves, You see that you are accomplishing 00:08:02.899 --> 00:08:06.180 nothing. Look, the world has gone after him. 00:08:06.360 --> 00:08:08.980 Now there were certain Greeks among those who 00:08:08.980 --> 00:08:11.699 came up to worship at the feast. Then they came 00:08:11.699 --> 00:08:14.439 to Philip, who was from Bethsaida of Galilee, 00:08:14.540 --> 00:08:17.680 and asked him, saying, Sir, we wish to see Jesus. 00:08:18.040 --> 00:08:21.079 Philip came and told Andrew, and in turn Andrew 00:08:21.079 --> 00:08:47.909 and Philip told Jesus. If anyone serves me, let 00:08:47.909 --> 00:08:51.250 him follow me. And where I am, there my servant 00:08:51.250 --> 00:08:54.759 will be also. If anyone serves me, him my father 00:08:54.759 --> 00:08:58.240 will honor. Now my soul is troubled, and what 00:08:58.240 --> 00:09:01.360 shall I say? Father, save me from this hour? 00:09:01.600 --> 00:09:04.740 But for this purpose I came to this hour. Father, 00:09:04.860 --> 00:09:07.799 glorify your name. Then a voice came from heaven, 00:09:07.879 --> 00:09:11.639 saying, I have both glorified it, and will glorify 00:09:11.639 --> 00:09:14.440 it again. Therefore the people who stood by and 00:09:14.440 --> 00:09:17.500 heard it said that it had thundered. Others said, 00:09:17.679 --> 00:09:20.960 an angel has spoken to him. Jesus answered and 00:09:20.960 --> 00:09:39.600 said, This he said, signifying by what death 00:09:39.600 --> 00:09:46.669 he would die. The people answered him, And how 00:09:46.669 --> 00:09:49.289 can you say the Son of Man must be lifted up? 00:09:49.450 --> 00:09:52.450 Who is this Son of Man? Then Jesus said to them, 00:09:52.610 --> 00:09:54.870 A little while longer the light is with you. 00:09:55.029 --> 00:09:57.970 Walk while you have the light, lest darkness 00:09:57.970 --> 00:10:01.110 overtake you. He who walks in darkness does not 00:10:01.110 --> 00:10:04.029 know where he is going. While you have the light, 00:10:04.090 --> 00:10:06.750 believe in the light, that you may become sons 00:10:06.750 --> 00:10:09.830 of light. These things Jesus spoke and departed, 00:10:10.149 --> 00:10:13.389 and was hidden from them. But although he had 00:10:13.389 --> 00:10:15.919 done so many signs before them, They did not 00:10:15.919 --> 00:10:18.480 believe in him, that the word of Isaiah the prophet 00:10:18.480 --> 00:10:22.159 might be fulfilled, which he spoke, Lord, who 00:10:22.159 --> 00:10:24.659 has believed our report, and to whom has the 00:10:24.659 --> 00:10:27.960 arm of the Lord been revealed? Therefore they 00:10:27.960 --> 00:10:30.279 could not believe, because Isaiah said again, 00:10:30.600 --> 00:10:33.259 He has blinded their eyes and hardened their 00:10:33.259 --> 00:10:35.720 hearts, lest they should see with their eyes, 00:10:35.840 --> 00:10:38.440 lest they should understand with their hearts, 00:10:38.440 --> 00:10:41.879 and turn, so that I should heal them. These things 00:10:41.879 --> 00:10:45.070 Isaiah said when he saw his glory. and spoke 00:10:45.070 --> 00:10:48.669 of him. Nevertheless, even among the rulers, 00:10:48.870 --> 00:10:51.750 many believed in him. But because of the Pharisees, 00:10:51.769 --> 00:10:54.330 they did not confess him, lest they should be 00:10:54.330 --> 00:10:56.629 put out of the synagogue. For they loved the 00:10:56.629 --> 00:11:00.129 praise of men more than the praise of God. Then 00:11:00.129 --> 00:11:02.929 Jesus cried out and said, He who believes in 00:11:02.929 --> 00:11:05.669 me believes not in me, but in him who sent me. 00:11:05.830 --> 00:11:09.919 And he who sees me sees him who sent me. I have 00:11:09.919 --> 00:11:12.360 come as a light into the world, that whoever 00:11:12.360 --> 00:11:15.120 believes in me should not abide in darkness. 00:11:15.500 --> 00:11:18.399 And if anyone hears my words and does not believe, 00:11:18.620 --> 00:11:21.440 I do not judge him. For I did not come to judge 00:11:21.440 --> 00:11:24.600 the world, but to save the world. He who rejects 00:11:24.600 --> 00:11:27.779 me and does not receive my words has that which 00:11:27.779 --> 00:11:30.299 judges him. The word that I have spoken will 00:11:30.299 --> 00:11:33.240 judge him in the last day. For I have not spoken 00:11:33.240 --> 00:11:35.879 on my own authority, but the Father who sent 00:11:35.879 --> 00:11:39.279 me gave me a command. what I should say and what 00:11:39.279 --> 00:11:42.179 I should speak. And I know that his command is 00:11:42.179 --> 00:11:45.679 everlasting life. Therefore, whatever I speak, 00:11:45.820 --> 00:11:54.720 just as the Father has told me, so I speak. I 00:11:54.720 --> 00:11:56.580 hope you enjoyed today's reading as much as I 00:11:56.580 --> 00:11:58.840 did, and I look forward to seeing you again tomorrow 00:11:58.840 --> 00:12:01.360 to continue on our journey. God bless you and 00:12:01.360 --> 00:12:02.039 have a great day.