Luke 19:4-12

⁴And running before, he climbed up into a sycamore tree, that he might see him; for he was to pass that way.

⁵And when Jesus was come to the place, looking up, he saw him, and said to him: Zacheus, make haste and come down; for this day I must abide in thy house.

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

⁷And when all saw it, they murmured, saying, that he was gone to be a guest with a man that was a sinner.

⁸But Zacheus standing, said to the Lord: Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have wronged any man of any thing, I restore him fourfold.

⁹Jesus said to him: This day is salvation come to this house, because he also is a son of Abraham.

¹⁰For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.

¹¹As they were hearing these things, he added and spoke a parable, because he was nigh to Jerusalem, and because they thought that the kingdom of God should immediately be manifested.

¹²He said therefore: A certain nobleman went into a far country, to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return.