4. And having run ahead, he climbed up into a sycamore tree to see Him, because He was about to pass by.
5. And as יהושע came to the place, He looked up and saw him, and said to him, “Zakkai, hurry and come down, for I have to stay at your house today.”
6. And he hurried and came down, and received Him, rejoicing.
7. And seeing it, they all grumbled, saying, “He has gone in to stay with a man who is a sinner.”
8. But Zakkai stood up and said to the Master, “Look, Master, I give half of my possessions to the poor. And if I have taken whatever from anyone by false accusation, I repay fourfold.”
9. And יהושע said to him, “Today deliverance has come to this house – since he also is a son of Aḇraham.
10. “For the Son of Aḏam has come to seek and to save what was lost.”
11. And as they were hearing this, He spoke another parable, because He was near Yerushalayim and they thought the reign of Elohim was about to be manifested straightaway.
12. He therefore said, “A certain nobleman went to a distant country to receive for himself a reign and to return.
13. “And calling ten of his servants, He gave them ten minas, and said to them, ‘Trade until I come.’
14. “But his subjects were hating him, and sent a delegation after him, to say, ‘We do not wish this one to reign over us.’
15. “And it came to be, when he came back, having received the reign, that he sent for these servants to whom he had given the silver, in order to know what each had gained by trading.