2. And there was a man called Zacchaeus, a chief tax collector, and [he was] rich.
3. And he was trying to see Jesus, which One He was, but he could not on account of the crowd, because he was small in stature.
4. So he ran on ahead and climbed up in a sycamore tree in order to see Him, for He was about to pass that way.
5. And when Jesus reached the place, He looked up and said to him, Zacchaeus, hurry and come down; for I must stay at your house today.
6. So he hurried and came down, and he received and welcomed Him joyfully.
7. And when the people saw it, they all muttered among themselves and indignantly complained, He has gone in to be the guest of and lodge with a man who is devoted to sin and preeminently a sinner.
8. So then Zacchaeus stood up and solemnly declared to the Lord, See, Lord, the half of my goods I [now] give [by way of restoration] to the poor, and if I have cheated anyone out of anything, I [now] restore four times as much. [Exod. 22:1; Lev. 6:5; Num. 5:6, 7.]
9. And Jesus said to him, Today is [Messianic and spiritual] salvation come to [all the members of] this household, since Zacchaeus too is a [real spiritual] son of Abraham;
10. For the Son of Man came to seek and to save that which was lost.
11. Now as they were listening to these things, He proceeded to tell a parable, because He was approaching Jerusalem and because they thought that the kingdom of God was going to be brought to light and shown forth immediately.
12. He therefore said, A certain nobleman went into a distant country to obtain for himself a kingdom and then to return.
13. Calling ten of his [own] bond servants, he gave them ten minas [each equal to about one hundred days' wages or nearly twenty dollars] and said to them, Buy and sell with these while I go and then return.