6. And he came down quickly and received him with joy.
7. When they all saw this, they began to grumble, saying, “He has gone to stay at the house of a sinner.”
8. But Zacchaeus stood there and said to the Lord, “Behold, half of my possessions, Lord, I shall give to the poor, and if I have extorted anything from anyone I shall repay it four times over.”
9. And Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house because this man too is a descendant of Abraham.
10. For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save what was lost.”
11. While they were listening to him speak, he proceeded to tell a parable because he was near Jerusalem and they thought that the kingdom of God would appear there immediately.
12. So he said, “A nobleman went off to a distant country to obtain the kingship for himself and then to return.
13. He called ten of his servants and gave them ten gold coins and told them, ‘Engage in trade with these until I return.’