1 Jesus went to a town. He walked on the road. ♂️️ 2 A man named Zacchaeus was there. He took tax money and was rich. 3 Zacchaeus wanted to see Jesus. The crowd was big. He was short. 4 He ran ahead and climbed a tree to see Jesus. 5 Jesus came to the tree. He looked up and said, <jesus>Zacchaeus, come down fast. I will stay at your house today.</jesus> ⬆️⬇️ 6 Zacchaeus came down fast and took Jesus to his home with joy. 7 The people saw this. They were mad. They said Jesus went to a bad man’s home. 8 Zacchaeus said he will give half his money to poor people. If he took too much, he will pay back 4 times. ️➡️ 9 Jesus said, <jesus>Today God helped this home. Zacchaeus is in God’s big family.</jesus> ❤️ 10 Jesus said, <jesus>I came to look for lost people. I came to save them.</jesus> ️♂️❤️ 11 People heard this. Jesus was near a big city. They thought God would act now. So Jesus told a story. ️️ 12 Jesus said, <jesus>A big leader went far away to get a new place. He would come back.</jesus> ⚖️↩️ 13 He called 10 helpers. He gave each some money. He said, <jesus>Use this till I come back.</jesus> 1️⃣0️⃣ 14 Some people did not like the leader. They did not want him to be their boss. ⚖️ 15 The leader came back. He called the helpers to see what they did with the money. ↩️ 16 One helper said he made 10 more coins. 1️⃣ 17 The leader said good job. He let him lead 10 towns. ️ 18 Another helper made 5 more coins. 5️⃣ 19 The leader gave him 5 towns. ️5️⃣ 20 One helper kept the money in a cloth. He did nothing with it. 21 He said he was scared. He thought the leader was hard. 22 The leader said the helper was wrong and lazy. ⚖️ 23 The leader said he should have put the money in a bank to make more. ➕ 24 He took the money from the scared helper and gave it to the one with 10. ↔️➡️ 25 The people said the other helper already had 10. 26 The leader said, If you use a gift, you get more. If you do not use it, you lose it. ➕➖ 27 He said, Bring the bad ones who did not want me. Stop them. ⚠️✋ 28 After the story, Jesus walked first. He went to a big city. ♂️⬆️️ 29 He came near two towns by a hill. He sent two friends. ️⛰️✌️ 30 Jesus said, <jesus>Go to the town. You will find a young donkey tied. Untie it and bring it.</jesus> ➡️ 31 Jesus said, <jesus>If someone asks why, say, The Lord needs it.</jesus> ❓➡️ 32 The two friends went. They found it like Jesus said. ✅ 33 As they untied the young donkey, the owners asked why. ❓ 34 The friends said the Lord needed it. ️ 35 They took the donkey to Jesus. They put coats on it. They helped Jesus sit. 36 Jesus rode on. People put coats on the road. ➡️️ 37 Jesus came near the hill. Many friends were very happy. They thanked God loud for great things they saw. 38 They shouted the King comes from God. They said, Peace in heaven! Yay for God! ️⭐ 39 Some leaders told Jesus to make His friends be quiet. 40 Jesus said, <jesus>If they are quiet, the rocks will shout.</jesus> 41 Jesus came near the city. He cried. ️ 42 Jesus said, <jesus>I wish you knew the way to peace. Now you cannot see it.</jesus> ️❌ 43 Jesus said, <jesus>Bad days will come. Enemies will come all around you.</jesus> ⚔️ 44 Jesus said, <jesus>They will knock down the city and take it apart. This is because you did not see that God came to help you.</jesus> ️⬇️ 45 Jesus went into God’s house. He made the sellers leave. ⛪ 46 Jesus said, <jesus>God says, My house is for prayer. You made it a place to steal.</jesus> ️ 47 Each day Jesus taught in God’s house. Big leaders wanted to stop Him. ⛪⚠️ 48 They could not stop Him. People listened close to His words. ❤️