3. Zaccheus was trying to see who Jesus was, and was unable because of the crowd, for he was small in stature.
4. So he ran on ahead and climbed up into a sycamore tree in order to see Him, for He was about to pass through that way.
5. When Jesus came to the place, He looked up and said to him, "Zaccheus, hurry and come down, for today I must stay at your house."
6. And he hurried and came down and received Him gladly.
7. When they saw it, they all began to grumble, saying, "He has gone to be the guest of a man who is a sinner."
8. Zaccheus stopped and said to the Lord, "Behold, Lord, half of my possessions I will give to the poor, and if I have defrauded anyone of anything, I will give 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 has come to seek and to save that which was lost."
11. While they were listening to these things, Jesus went on to tell a parable, because He was near Jerusalem, and they supposed that the kingdom of God was going to appear immediately.
12. So He said, "A nobleman went to a distant country to receive a kingdom for himself, and then return.
13. And he called ten of his slaves, and gave them ten minas and said to them, 'Do business with this until I come back.'
14. But his citizens hated him and sent a delegation after him, saying, 'We do not want this man to reign over us.'
15. When he returned, after receiving the kingdom, he ordered that these slaves, to whom he had given the money, be called to him so that he might know what business they had done.
16. The first appeared, saying, 'Master, your mina has made ten minas more.'
17. And he said to him, 'Well done, good slave, because you have been faithful in a very little thing, you are to be in authority over ten cities.'