Lexham English Bible

Luke 19:8-13 Lexham English Bible (LEB)

8. And Zacchaeus stopped and said to the Lord, “Behold, half of my possessions, Lord, I am giving to the poor, and if I have extorted anything from anyone, I am paying it back four times as much!”

9. And Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, because he too is a son of Abraham.

10. For the Son of Man came to seek and to save those who are lost.”

11. Now while they were listening to these things, he went on and told a parable, because he was near Jerusalem and they thought that the kingdom of God was going to appear immediately.

12. Therefore he said, “A certain nobleman traveled to a distant country to receive for himself a kingdom and to return.

13. And summoning ten of his own slaves, he gave them ten minas and said to them, ‘Do business until I come back.’