The Douay-Rheims Audio Bible is a reading of The Holy Bible Douay-Rheims Version, with Challoner Revisions. Translated from the Latin Vulgate, the Douay-Rheims was the first English translation of the Bible, predating even the King James Version. The New Testament was published in 1582. Narrated by Steve Webb.

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         <div class="label">19</div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="LUK.19.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">AND entering in, he walked through Jericho.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="LUK.19.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="LUK.19.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">And behold, there was a man named Zacheus, who was the chief of the publicans, and he was rich.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="LUK.19.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="LUK.19.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">And he sought to see Jesus who he was, and he could not for the crowd, because he was low of stature.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="LUK.19.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="LUK.19.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">And running before, he climbed up into a sycamore tree, that he might see him; for he was to pass that way.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="LUK.19.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="LUK.19.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">And when Jesus was come to the place, looking up, he saw him, and said to him: Zacheus, make haste and come down; for this day I must abide in thy house.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="LUK.19.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="LUK.19.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">And he made haste and came down; and received him with joy.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="LUK.19.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="LUK.19.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">And when all saw it, they murmured, saying, that he was gone to be a guest with a man that was a sinner.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="LUK.19.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="LUK.19.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">But Zacheus standing, said to the Lord: Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have wronged any man of any thing, I restore him fourfold.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="LUK.19.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="LUK.19.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Jesus said to him: This day is salvation come to this house, because he also is a son of Abraham.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="LUK.19.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="LUK.19.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="LUK.19.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="LUK.19.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">As they were hearing these things, he added and spoke a parable, because he was nigh to Jerusalem, and because they thought that the kingdom of God should immediately be manifested.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="LUK.19.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="LUK.19.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">He said therefore: A certain nobleman went into a far country, to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="LUK.19.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="LUK.19.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">And calling his ten servants, he gave them ten pounds, and said to them: Trade till I come.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="LUK.19.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="LUK.19.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">But his citizens hated him: and they sent an embassage after him, saying: We will not have this man to reign over us.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="LUK.19.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="LUK.19.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">And it came to pass, that he returned, having received the kingdom: and he commanded his servants to be called, to whom he had given the money, that he might know how much every man had gained by trading.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="LUK.19.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="LUK.19.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">And the first came, saying: Lord, thy pound hath gained ten pounds.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="LUK.19.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="LUK.19.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">And he said to him: Well done, thou good servant, because thou hast been faithful in a little, thou shalt have power over ten cities.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="LUK.19.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="LUK.19.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">And the second came, saying: Lord, thy pound hath gained five pounds.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="LUK.19.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="LUK.19.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">And he said to him: Be thou also over five cities.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="LUK.19.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="LUK.19.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">And another came, saying: Lord, behold here is thy pound, which I have kept laid up in a napkin;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="LUK.19.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="LUK.19.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">For I feared thee, because thou art an austere man: thou takest up what thou didst not lay down, and thou reapest that which thou didst not sow.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="LUK.19.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="LUK.19.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">He saith to him: Out of thy own mouth I judge thee, thou wicked servant. Thou knewest that I was an austere man, taking up what I laid not down, and reaping that which I did not sow:</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="LUK.19.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="LUK.19.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">And why then didst thou not give my money into the bank, that at my coming, I might have exacted it with usury?</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="LUK.19.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="LUK.19.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">And he said to them that stood by: Take the pound away from him, and give it to him that hath ten pounds.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="LUK.19.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="LUK.19.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">And they said to him: Lord, he hath ten pounds.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="LUK.19.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="LUK.19.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">But I say to you, that to every one that hath shall be given, and he shall abound: and from him that hath not, even that which he hath, shall be taken from him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="LUK.19.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="LUK.19.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">But as for those my enemies, who would not have me reign over them, bring them hither, and kill them before me.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="LUK.19.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="LUK.19.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">And having said these things, he went before, going up to Jerusalem.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="LUK.19.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="LUK.19.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">And it came to pass, when he was come nigh to Bethphage and Bethania, unto the mount called Olivet, he sent two of his disciples,</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="LUK.19.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="LUK.19.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">Saying: Go into the town which is over against you, at your entering into which you shall find the colt of an ass tied, on which no man ever hath sitten: loose him, and bring him hither.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="LUK.19.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="LUK.19.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">And if any man shall ask you: Why do you loose him? you shall say thus unto him: Because the Lord hath need of his service.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="LUK.19.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="LUK.19.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">And they that were sent, went their way, and found the colt standing, as he had said unto them.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="LUK.19.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="LUK.19.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">And as they were loosing the colt, the owners thereof said to them: Why loose you the colt?</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="LUK.19.33"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="LUK.19.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">But they said: Because the Lord hath need of him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="LUK.19.34"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="LUK.19.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">And they brought him to Jesus. And casting their garments on the colt, they set Jesus thereon.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="LUK.19.35"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="LUK.19.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">And as he went, they spread their clothes underneath in the way.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="LUK.19.36"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="LUK.19.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">And when he was now coming near the descent of mount Olivet, the whole multitude of his disciples began with joy to praise God with a loud voice, for all the mighty works they had seen,</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="LUK.19.37"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="LUK.19.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="content">Saying: Blessed be the king who cometh in the name of the Lord, peace in heaven, and glory on high!</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="LUK.19.38"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="LUK.19.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="content">And some of the Pharisees, from amongst the multitude, said to him: Master, rebuke thy disciples.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="LUK.19.39"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="LUK.19.40"><span class="label">40</span><span class="content">To whom he said: I say to you, that if these shall hold their peace, the stones will cry out.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="LUK.19.40"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="LUK.19.41"><span class="label">41</span><span class="content">And when he drew near, seeing the city, he wept over it, saying:</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="LUK.19.41"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="LUK.19.42"><span class="label">42</span><span class="content">If thou also hadst known, and that in this thy day, the things that are to thy peace; but now they are hidden from thy eyes.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="LUK.19.42"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="LUK.19.43"><span class="label">43</span><span class="content">For the days shall come upon thee, and thy enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and straiten thee on every side,</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="LUK.19.43"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v44" data-usfm="LUK.19.44"><span class="label">44</span><span class="content">And beat thee flat to the ground, and thy children who 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.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v44" data-usfm="LUK.19.44"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v45" data-usfm="LUK.19.45"><span class="label">45</span><span class="content">And entering into the temple, he began to cast out them that sold therein, and them that bought.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v45" data-usfm="LUK.19.45"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v46" data-usfm="LUK.19.46"><span class="label">46</span><span class="content">Saying to them: It is written: My house is the house of prayer. But you have made it a den of thieves.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v46" data-usfm="LUK.19.46"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v47" data-usfm="LUK.19.47"><span class="label">47</span><span class="content">And he was teaching daily in the temple. And the chief priests and the scribes and the rulers of the people sought to destroy him:</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v47" data-usfm="LUK.19.47"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v48" data-usfm="LUK.19.48"><span class="label">48</span><span class="content">And they found not what to do to him: for all the people were very attentive to hear him.</span></span></div>
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An historical text. In 1955 the Douay-Rheims Challoner Bible received the Imprimatur ✠ of the English Catholic Church from the Archbishop of Westminster.

AND entering in, he walked through Jericho.
And behold, there was a man named Zacheus, who was the chief of the publicans, and he was rich.
And he sought to see Jesus who he was, and he could not for the crowd, because he was low of stature.
And running before, he climbed up into a sycamore tree, that he might see him; for he was to pass that way.
And when Jesus was come to the place, looking up, he saw him, and said to him: Zacheus, make haste and come down; for this day I must abide in thy house.
And he made haste and came down; and received him with joy.
And when all saw it, they murmured, saying, that he was gone to be a guest with a man that was a sinner.
But Zacheus standing, said to the Lord: Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have wronged any man of any thing, I restore him fourfold.
Jesus said to him: This day is salvation come to this house, because he also is a son of Abraham.
For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.
As they were hearing these things, he added and spoke a parable, because he was nigh to Jerusalem, and because they thought that the kingdom of God should immediately be manifested.
He said therefore: A certain nobleman went into a far country, to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return.
And calling his ten servants, he gave them ten pounds, and said to them: Trade till I come.
But his citizens hated him: and they sent an embassage after him, saying: We will not have this man to reign over us.
And it came to pass, that he returned, having received the kingdom: and he commanded his servants to be called, to whom he had given the money, that he might know how much every man had gained by trading.
And the first came, saying: Lord, thy pound hath gained ten pounds.
And he said to him: Well done, thou good servant, because thou hast been faithful in a little, thou shalt have power over ten cities.
And the second came, saying: Lord, thy pound hath gained five pounds.
And he said to him: Be thou also over five cities.
And another came, saying: Lord, behold here is thy pound, which I have kept laid up in a napkin;
For I feared thee, because thou art an austere man: thou takest up what thou didst not lay down, and thou reapest that which thou didst not sow.
He saith to him: Out of thy own mouth I judge thee, thou wicked servant. Thou knewest that I was an austere man, taking up what I laid not down, and reaping that which I did not sow:
And why then didst thou not give my money into the bank, that at my coming, I might have exacted it with usury?
And he said to them that stood by: Take the pound away from him, and give it to him that hath ten pounds.
And they said to him: Lord, he hath ten pounds.
But I say to you, that to every one that hath shall be given, and he shall abound: and from him that hath not, even that which he hath, shall be taken from him.
But as for those my enemies, who would not have me reign over them, bring them hither, and kill them before me.
And having said these things, he went before, going up to Jerusalem.
And it came to pass, when he was come nigh to Bethphage and Bethania, unto the mount called Olivet, he sent two of his disciples,
Saying: Go into the town which is over against you, at your entering into which you shall find the colt of an ass tied, on which no man ever hath sitten: loose him, and bring him hither.
And if any man shall ask you: Why do you loose him? you shall say thus unto him: Because the Lord hath need of his service.
And they that were sent, went their way, and found the colt standing, as he had said unto them.
And as they were loosing the colt, the owners thereof said to them: Why loose you the colt?
But they said: Because the Lord hath need of him.
And they brought him to Jesus. And casting their garments on the colt, they set Jesus thereon.
And as he went, they spread their clothes underneath in the way.
And when he was now coming near the descent of mount Olivet, the whole multitude of his disciples began with joy to praise God with a loud voice, for all the mighty works they had seen,
Saying: Blessed be the king who cometh in the name of the Lord, peace in heaven, and glory on high!
And some of the Pharisees, from amongst the multitude, said to him: Master, rebuke thy disciples.
To whom he said: I say to you, that if these shall hold their peace, the stones will cry out.
And when he drew near, seeing the city, he wept over it, saying:
If thou also hadst known, and that in this thy day, the things that are to thy peace; but now they are hidden from thy eyes.
For the days shall come upon thee, and thy enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and straiten thee on every side,
And beat thee flat to the ground, and thy children who 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.
And entering into the temple, he began to cast out them that sold therein, and them that bought.
Saying to them: It is written: My house is the house of prayer. But you have made it a den of thieves.
And he was teaching daily in the temple. And the chief priests and the scribes and the rulers of the people sought to destroy him:
And they found not what to do to him: for all the people were very attentive to hear him.

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