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.'