Luke 19:4-12

⁴Wherefore he ranne before, and climed vp into a wilde figge tree, that he might see him: for he should come that way.

⁵And when Iesus came to the place, he looked vp, and saw him, and said vnto him, Zaccheus, come downe at once: for to day I must abide at thine house.

⁶Then he came downe hastily, and receiued him ioyfully.

⁷And when all they sawe it, they murmured, saying, that hee was gone in to lodge with a sinfull man.

⁸And Zaccheus stood forth, and said vnto the Lord, Beholde, Lord, the halfe of my goods I giue to the poore: and if I haue taken from any man by forged cauillation, I restore him foure folde.

⁹Then Iesus said to him, This day is saluation come vnto this house, forasmuch as hee is also become the sonne of Abraham.

¹⁰For the Sonne of man is come to seeke, and to saue that which was lost.

¹¹And whiles they heard these thinges, hee continued and spake a parable, because hee was neere to Hierusalem, and because also they thought that the kingdom of God should shortly appeare.

¹²He saide therefore, A certaine noble man went into a farre countrey, to receiue for himselfe a kingdome, and so to come againe.