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.’