7. Everyone who saw this grumbled, saying, "He has gone to be the guest of a sinner."
8. Zacchaeus stopped and said to the Lord, "Look, Lord, I give half of my possessions to the poor. And if I have cheated anyone, I repay them four times as much."
9. Jesus said to him, "Today, salvation has come to this household because he too is a son of Abraham.
10. The Human One came to seek and save the lost."
11. As they listened to this, Jesus told them another parable because he was near Jerusalem and they thought God’s kingdom would appear right away.
12. He said, “A certain man who was born into royalty went to a distant land to receive his kingdom and then return.
13. He called together ten servants and gave each of them money worth four months’ wages. He said, ‘Do business with this until I return.’
14. His citizens hated him, so they sent a representative after him who said, ‘We don’t want this man to be our king.’