6. So he hurried and came down and received him joyfully.
7. And when they saw it, they all grumbled, “He has gone in to be the guest of a man who is a sinner.”
8. And Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, “Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor. And if I have defrauded anyone of anything, I restore it fourfold.”
9. And Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, since he also is a son of Abraham.
10. For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”
11. As they heard these things, he proceeded to tell a parable, because he was near to Jerusalem, and because they supposed that the kingdom of God was to appear immediately.
12. He said therefore, “A nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom and then return.
13. Calling ten of his servants,he gave them ten minas,and said to them, ‘Engage in business 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.’