4. So he ran ahead of the crowd and climbed a sycomore tree to see Jesus, who was going to pass that way.
5. When Jesus came to that place, he looked up and said to Zacchaeus, “Hurry down, Zacchaeus, because I must stay in your house today.”
6. Zacchaeus hurried down and welcomed him with great joy.
7. All the people who saw it started grumbling, “This man has gone as a guest to the home of a sinner!”
8. Zacchaeus stood up and said to the Lord, “Listen, sir! I will give half my belongings to the poor, and if I have cheated anyone, I will pay back four times as much.”
9. Jesus said to him, “Salvation has come to this house today, for this man, also, is a descendant of Abraham.
10. The Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”
11. While the people were listening to this, Jesus continued and told them a parable. He was now almost at Jerusalem, and they supposed that the Kingdom of God was just about to appear.
12. So he said, “There was once a man of high rank who was going to a country far away to be made king, after which he planned to come back home.