Luke 19:4-12

⁴And running on before, he got up into a sycamore that he might see him, for he was going to pass that way.

⁵And when he came up to the place, Jesus looked up and saw him, and said to him, Zacchaeus, make haste and come down, for to-day I must remain in thy house.

⁶And he made haste and came down, and received him with joy.

⁷And all murmured when they saw it, saying, He has turned in to lodge with a sinful man.

⁸But Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor, and if I have taken anything from any man by false accusation, I return him fourfold.

⁹And Jesus said to him, To-day salvation is come to this house, inasmuch as he also is a son of Abraham;

¹⁰for the Son of man has come to seek and to save that which is lost.

¹¹But as they were listening to these things, he added and spake a parable, because he was near to Jerusalem and they thought that the kingdom of God was about to be immediately manifested.

¹²He said therefore, A certain high-born man went to a distant country to receive for himself a kingdom and return.