1. Jesus entered and passed through Jericho.
2. A man was there named Zacchaeus who was a chief tax collector, and he was rich.
3. He tried to see who Jesus was, but was not able from the crowd, because he was little in stature.
4. So he ran ahead and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see Him, for He was to pass that way.
5. When Jesus came to the vicinity, He looked up and saw him, and said to him, “Zacchaeus, hurry and come down, for today I must remain at your house.”
6. So he hurried and came down, and received Him joyfully.
7. When they saw it, they all murmured, saying, “He has gone to be the guest of a man who is a sinner.”
8. But Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, “Look, Lord, I give half of my possessions to the poor. And if I have taken anything from anyone by false accusation, I will repay him four times as much.”
9. Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, because he also is a son of Abraham.
10. For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost.”
11. As they heard these things, He continued and told them a parable, because He was near Jerusalem and because they thought the kingdom of God would immediately appear.
12. Therefore He said, “A nobleman went to a distant country to receive a kingdom and to return.
13. So he called his ten servants and entrusted to them ten pounds and said to them, ‘Trade until I come.’
14. “But his citizens hated him and sent a delegation after him, saying, ‘We do not want this man to reign over us.’
15. “When he returned, having received the kingdom, he summoned these servants, to whom he had entrusted the money, that he might know what everyone gained by trading.