LUKE 19:4-12

⁴And he ran on before, and climbed up into a sycomore tree to see him: for he was to pass that way.

⁵And when Jesus came to the place, he looked up, and said unto him, Zacchaeus, make haste, and come down; for today I must abide at thy house.

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

⁷And when they saw it, they all murmured, saying, He is gone in to lodge with a man that is a sinner.

⁸And Zacchaeus stood, and said unto the Lord, Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have wrongfully exacted aught of any man, I restore fourfold.

⁹And Jesus said unto him, Today is salvation come to this house, forasmuch as he also is a son of Abraham.

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

¹¹And as they heard these things, he added and spake a parable, because he was nigh to Jerusalem, and because they supposed that the kingdom of God was immediately to appear.

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