4. And he ran on ahead and climbed up into a sycamore tree so that he could see him, because he was going to go through that way.
5. And when he came to the place, Jesus looked up and said to him, “Zacchaeus, come down quickly, because it is necessary for me to stay at your house today!”
6. And he came down quickly and welcomed him joyfully.
7. And when they saw it, they all began to complain, saying, “He has gone in to find lodging with a man who is a sinner!”
8. And Zacchaeus stopped and said to the Lord, “Behold, half of my possessions, Lord, I am giving to the poor, and if I have extorted anything from anyone, I am paying it back four times as much!”
9. And Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, because he too is a son of Abraham.
10. For the Son of Man came to seek and to save those who are lost.”
11. Now while they were listening to these things, he went on and told a parable, because he was near Jerusalem and they thought that the kingdom of God was going to appear immediately.
12. Therefore he said, “A certain nobleman traveled to a distant country to receive for himself a kingdom and to return.
13. And summoning ten of his own slaves, he gave them ten minas and said to them, ‘Do business until I come back.’
14. But his citizens hated him, and sent a delegation after him, saying, ‘We do not want this man to be king over us!’
15. And it happened that when he returned after receiving the kingdom, he ordered these slaves to whom he had given the money to be summoned to him, so that he could know what they had gained by trading.