Inspire Bible for Kids Luke Sampler - Book - Page 51
LUKE 19:17
Jesus Heals a Blind Beggar
35 As Jesus approached Jericho, a blind beggar was sitting beside the road.
36 When he heard the noise of a crowd going past, he asked what was happening. 37 They told him that Jesus the Nazarene* was going by. 38 So he
began shouting, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!”
39 “Be quiet!” the people in front yelled at him.
But he only shouted louder, “Son of David, have mercy on me!”
40 When Jesus heard him, he stopped and ordered that the man be
brought to him. As the man came near, Jesus asked him, 41 “What do you
want me to do for you?”
“Lord,” he said, “I want to see!”
42 And Jesus said, “All right, receive your sight! Your faith has healed you.”
43 Instantly the man could see, and he followed Jesus, praising God. And all
who saw it praised God, too.
Jesus and Zacchaeus
Jesus entered Jericho and made his way through the town. 2 There was
a man there named Zacchaeus. He was the chief tax collector in the region, and he had become very rich. 3 He tried to get a look at Jesus, but he was
too short to see over the crowd. 4 So he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore-fig
tree beside the road, for Jesus was going to pass that way.
5 When Jesus came by, he looked up at Zacchaeus and called him by name.
“Zacchaeus!” he said. “Quick, come down! I must be a guest in your home
today.”
6 Zacchaeus quickly climbed down and took Jesus to his house in great
excitement and joy. 7 But the people were displeased. “He has gone to be the
guest of a notorious sinner,” they grumbled.
8 Meanwhile, Zacchaeus stood before the Lord and said, “I will give half
my wealth to the poor, Lord, and if I have cheated people on their taxes, I
will give them back four times as much!”
9 Jesus responded, “Salvation has come to this home today, for this man
has shown himself to be a true son of Abraham. 10 For the Son of Man* came
to seek and save those who are lost.”
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Parable of the Ten Servants
11 The crowd was listening to everything Jesus said. And because he was
nearing Jerusalem, he told them a story to correct the impression that the
Kingdom of God would begin right away. 12 He said, “A nobleman was called
away to a distant empire to be crowned king and then return. 13 Before he
left, he called together ten of his servants and divided among them ten
pounds of silver,* saying, ‘Invest this for me while I am gone.’ 14 But his
people hated him and sent a delegation after him to say, ‘We do not want
him to be our king.’
15 “After he was crowned king, he returned and called in the servants to
whom he had given the money. He wanted to find out what their profits
were. 16 The first servant reported, ‘Master, I invested your money and made
ten times the original amount!’
17 “ ‘Well done!’ the king exclaimed. ‘You are a good servant. You have
been faithful with the little I entrusted to you, so you will be governor of
ten cities as your reward.’
18:37 Or Jesus of Nazareth. 19:10 “Son of Man” is a title Jesus used for himself. 19:13 Greek
ten minas; one mina was worth about three months’ wages.
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Devotion
A Wee Little Man
Where was Zacchaeus when he
first encountered Jesus?
a. at home
b. up a tree
c. by the Sea of Galilee
Zacchaeus was a well-known
tax collector, and he’d become
rich from his job—partly by
overcharging people when they
paid their taxes. Zacchaeus was
also short. When he heard that
Jesus was coming, he wanted
to see him. Zacchaeus couldn’t
see Jesus over everyone already
gathered, so he climbed up a
tree for a better view.
When Jesus passed by, he
looked in the tree and called
Zacchaeus by name. He told
him, “Quick, come down! I must
be a guest in your home today”
(Luke 19:5).
This displeased the others
in the crowd. Some may have
been cheated by the dishonest
tax collector. Jesus said
that salvation had come to
Zacchaeus’s home because
he was a son of Abraham who
was lost. The people probably
didn’t like to be reminded that
Zacchaeus was a fellow Jew
who was collecting taxes for the
Romans. And they didn’t like to
hear that a son of Abraham could
be considered lost. They were
proud of their heritage.
Once Zacchaeus came
face-to-face with Jesus, he
was changed. He paid back the
money he’d overcharged people,
along with generous interest.
God isn’t concerned with who a
person is by birth. Rich and poor,
well-known and unknown—all
have the opportunity to receive
salvation through Jesus.
Focus Verses: Luke 19:4-5
The Whole Story: Luke 19:1-10
Answer: b
be mocked, treated shamefully, and spit upon. 33 They will flog him with a
whip and kill him, but on the third day he will rise again.”
34 But they didn’t understand any of this. The significance of his words
was hidden from them, and they failed to grasp what he was talking about.
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