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.