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A tax collector in a tree, a king who expects a return, a city that misses its moment—Luke 19 moves with urgency and heart. We walk from Jericho to Jerusalem tracing a single throughline: when Jesus draws near, you either open your life or defend your excuses. Zacchaeus shows us what grace can do in real time, trading status and profit for joy and restitution, while the crowd wrestles with a Savior who loves the wrong people the right way.

From there we unpack the parable of the ten minas and its bracing clarity about stewardship. Jesus portrays life between his first and second comings as an entrusted assignment, not a holding pattern. Some servants multiply what they’re given; one hides his mina and calls fear wisdom. We talk about reward, responsibility, and why inaction is not neutral but disobedience. The parable’s hard edge—justice for those who reject the King—doesn’t cancel mercy; it protects it, ensuring that love is not reduced to indifference.

Finally, we turn to the triumphal entry and the cleansing of the temple. Jesus rides a colt to fulfill prophecy and signal peace, yet he weeps because Jerusalem cannot see the hour of visitation. In the temple courts, he restores a house of prayer for all nations, confronting exploitation that blocked outsiders from God. We reflect on how prayer reopens space for seekers, how public faith invites scrutiny, and how to hold together compassion and conviction in a noisy world.

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