1. He entered Jericho and was passing through.
2. There was a man named Zacchaeus who was a chief tax collector, and he was rich.
3. He was trying to see who Jesus was, but he was not able because of the crowd, since he was a short man.
4. So running ahead, he climbed up a sycamore tree to see Jesus, since He was about to pass that way.
5. When Jesus came to the place, He looked up and said to him, “Zacchaeus, hurry and come down because today I must stay at your house.”
6. So he quickly came down and welcomed Him joyfully.
7. All who saw it began to complain, “He’s gone to lodge with a sinful man! ”
8. But Zacchaeus stood there and said to the Lord, “Look, I’ll give half of my possessions to the poor, Lord! And if I have extorted anything from anyone, I’ll pay back four times as much! ”
9. “Today salvation has come to this house,” Jesus told him, “because he too is a son of Abraham.
10. For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save the lost.”
11. As they were listening to this, He went on to tell a parable because He was near Jerusalem, and they thought the kingdom of God was going to appear right away.
12. Therefore He said: “A nobleman traveled to a far country to receive for himself authority to be king and then return.
13. He called 10 of his slaves, gave them 10 minas, and told them, ‘Engage in business until I come back.’