019:001 So He entered Jericho and was passing through the town.
019:002 There was a man there called Zacchaeus, who was the local
surveyor of taxes, and was wealthy.
019:003 He was anxious to see what sort of man Jesus was; but he could
not because of the crowd, for he was short in stature.
019:004 So he ran on in front and climbed up a mulberry tree to see Him;
for He was about to pass that way.
019:005 As soon as Jesus came to the place, He looked up and said
to him, "Zacchaeus, come down quickly, for I must stay at
your house to-day."
019:006 So he came down in haste, and welcomed Him joyfully.
019:007 When they all saw this, they began to complain with indignation.
"He has gone in to be the guest of a notorious sinner!" they said.
019:008 Zacchaeus however stood up, and addressing the Lord said,
"Here and now, Master, I give half my property to the poor,
and if I have unjustly exacted money from any man, I pledge
myself to repay to him four times the amount."
019:009 Turning towards him, Jesus replied, "To-day salvation has come
to this house, seeing that he too is a son of Abraham.
019:010 For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that
which was lost."
019:011 As they were listening to His words, He went on to teach them
by a parable, because He was near to Jerusalem and they supposed
that the Kingdom of God was going to appear immediately.
019:012 So He said to them, "A man of noble family travelled to a distant
country to obtain the rank of king, and to return.
019:013 And he called ten of his servants and gave each of them a pound,
instructing them to trade with the money during his absence.
019:014 "Now his countrymen hated him, and sent a deputation after him
to say, `We are not willing that he should become our king.'