In Jericho he lodgeth in the house of Zachaeus a Publican, and against the murmuring Jews openeth the reasons of his so doing. (11) He showeth, that the last day should not be yet, (15) and what then in the judgement he will do both to us of his Church as well good as bad, (27) and also to the reprobate Jews. (29) Being now come to the place of his Passion, he entereth (weeping and foretelling the destruction of blind Hierusalem) which triumph as their Christ. (45) He showeth his zeal for the house of God, and teacheth therein every day. (47) The rulers would destroy him, but for fear of the people.
AND entering in, he walked through Jericho. 2And behold a man named Zachaeus: and this was a Prince of the Publicans, and he rich. 3And he sought to see Jesus what he was, and he could not for the multitude, because he was little of stature. 4And running before, he • went up into a sycomore tree that he might see him: because he was to pass by it. 5And when he was come to the place, Jesus looking up, saw him, and said to him: Zachaeus, come down in haste: because this day I must abide in thy house. 6And he in haste came down, and received him rejoicing. 7And when all saw it, they murmured saying: that he turned in, to a man that was a sinner. 8But Zachaeus standing said to our Lord: Behold the half of my goods, Lord, I give to the poor; and if I have defrauded any man of any thing, • I restore fourfold. 9Jesus said to him: That this day salvation is made to this house; because that he also is the son of Abraham. 10 * For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.
11They hearing these things, he added and spoke a parable, for that he was nigh to Hierusalem, and because they thought that forthwith the Kingdom of God should be manifested. 12He said therefore: * A certain noble man went into a far country to take to himself a Kingdom, and to return. 13And calling his ten servants, he gave them ten pounds, and said to them, Occupy till I come. 14And his citizens hated him: and they sent a legacy after him, saying: We will not have this man reign over us. 15And it came to pass after he returned, having received his Kingdom; and he commanded his servants to be called, to whom he gave the money; that he might know how much every man had gained by occupying. 16And the first came, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gotten ten pounds. 17And he said to him, Welfare thee good servant, because thou hast been faithful in a little, thou shalt have power over [a] ten cities. 18And the second came sayingk, Lord, thy pound hath made five pounds. 19And he said to him: And be thou over five cities. 20And another came, saying, Lord, lo here thy pound, which I have had laid up in a napkin. 21For I feared thee, because thou art an austere man: thou takest up that thou didst not set down, and thou reapest that which thou didst not sow. 22He saith to him, By thine own mouth I judge thee, naughty servant. Thou didst know that I am an austere man, taking up that I set not down, and reaping that which I sowed not: 23and why didst thou not give my money to the bank, and I coming might certes with usury have exacted it? 24 a And he said to them that stood by, Take the pound away from him, and give it to him that hath the ten pounds. 25And they said to him, Lord, he hath ten pounds. 26But I say to you, that to every one that hath shall be given: and from him that hath not, that also which he hath shall be taken from him.
27But as for those mine enemies that would not have me reign over them, bring them hither; and kill them before me.
28And having said these things, he went before ascending to Hierusalem. 29And it came to pass * when he was come nigh to Bethphage and Bethania unto the mount called Olivet, he sent two of his Disciples, 30saying: Go into the town which is over against, into the which as you enter, you shall find the colt of an ass tied, on which no man ever hath sat: loose him, and bring him. 31And if any man ask you, Why loose you him? You shall say thus to him, Because our Lord needeth his service. 32And they that were sent, went their ways, and found as he said to them, the colt standing. 33And when they loosed the colt, the owners thereof said to them: Why loose you the colt? 34But they said: Because our Lord hath need of him. 35And they brought him to Jesus. And casting their garments upon the colt, they set Jesus thereupon. 36And as he went, they spread their garments underneath in the way. 37And when he approached now to the descent of mount-Olivet, all the multitudes of ‘them that descended’, began with joy to praise God with a loud voice, for all the miracles that they had seen, 38saying: Blessed is he that cometh King in the name of our Lord, peace in Heaven, and glory on high. 39And certain Pharisees of the multitudes said to him: Master, rebuke thy Disciples. 40To whom he said: I say to you, that if these hold their peace, the stones shall cry. 41And as he drew near, seeing the city, he wept upon it, saying: 42Because if thou also hadst known, and that in this thy day, the things that pertain to thy peace: but now they are hid from thine eyes. 43For [b] the days shall come upon thee; and thy enemies shall compasse thee with a trench, and enclose thee about, and straighten thee on every side, 44and beat thee flat to the ground, and thy children that are in thee: and they shall not leave in thee a stone upon a stone, because thou hast not known the time of thy visitation.
45 * And entering into the Temple, he began to cast out the sellers therein and the buyers, 46saying to them: It is written, That my house is the house of prayer. But you have made it a den of thieves. 47And he was teaching daily in the Temple. And the chief Priests and the Scribes and the Princes of the people sought to destroy him: 48and they found not what to do to him. For all the people was suspense, hearing him.
Footnotes
- ↑ Mark here against the adversaries, that the rewards of these two good servants be diverse and unequal, according to the diversity or inequality of their gains, that is, their merits: and yet one receiveth the penny (Mt. 29, 9.) as well as the other, that is, Heaven or life everlasting.
- ↑ This was fulfilled 40 years after the death of Christ by Titus and Vespasianus, when besides incredible miseries of famine and other distresses, there perished eleven hundred thousand, and were taken captives 97000, the siege beginning in the same feast and greatest solemnity of Easter when they put Christ to death. Euseb. lib. 3. hist. ch. 6. 7. 8. Joseph. lib. 7. ch. 17.
ANNOTATIONS. CHAP. XIX.
↑ 4. Went up.) Not only inward devotion of faith and charity towards Christ, but external offices of seeing, following, touching, receiving, harbouring him, are recommended to us in this example: even so our manifold exterior devotion towards his Sacraments, Saints, and servants, be grateful: specially the endeavour of good people not only to be present at Mass or in the Church, but to be near the Bl. Sacrament, and to see it with all reverence and devotion according to the order of the Church, much more to receive it into the house of their body.
↑ 8. I restore fourfold.) That which we give of our own, is alms and satisfaction for our sins: but that which we restore of ill gotten goods by Extortion, Usury, Simony, Bribery, Theft, or otherwise, that is called here Restoring. And it is of duty and not of free alms, and must be rendered not to whom we list, but to the parties annoyed if it be possible; otherwise it must be bestowed upon the Poor, or other good uses, according to the advice of our superior and such as have charge of our souls. But that he yielded fourfold, that was more than he was bound, but very satisfactory for his former sins also. And herewith we may note, that it is not the giving of a penny, groat, or crown, of a rich man’s superfluity, that is so much recommended to sinners for redeeming their faults: but this large bestowing upon Christ, to sell all and give it in alms, to give the moytie of our goods, to render four times so much for that which is wrongfully gotten, that extinguisheth sins. The poor widow’s brass penny was very grateful, because it was all or much of that she had: but the rich man’s pound of his superfluity, though it be good, yet is nothing so grateful.
Margin Notes
- 1–10. The Ghospel in the Dedication of a Church, and Anniversary thereof.
- 5. Zachaeus.
- 11–26. The Ghospel for S. Lewis the King of France, Augu. 25. And for some other Confessors not Bishops.
- 24. a See annotations Mat. 25, 29 &c.
- 28. The fifth part of this Ghospel. Of the Holy week of his Passion in Hierusalem.
- 28. PALM sunday.
- 41–47. The Ghospel upon the 9. Sunday after Pentecost.
- 45. MONDAY.
- annot. 4. External devotion.
- annot. 8. Restitution.
- annot. 8. Satisfaction.
Margin References
- 10. Mat. 18, 32.
- 12. Mat. 25, 14.
- 29. Mat. 21, 1. Mar. 11, 1. Joh. 12, 1. 15.
- 37. ‘his Disciples’
- 45. Mat. 21, 12. Mar. 11, 15.
- 46. Esa. 56, 7.
- 46. Jer. 7, 11.
