Luke 19:1-13 ▼

1 He entered and was passing through Jericho.

2 And look, there was a man named Zacchaeus. He was a chief tax collector, and he was rich.

3 He was trying to see who Jesus was, and could not because of the crowd, because he was short.

4 He ran on ahead, and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see him, for he was to pass that way.

5 And as he came to the place, looking up, Jesus saw him, and said to him, |Zacchaeus, hurry and come down, for today I must stay at your house.|

6 He hurried, came down, and received him joyfully.

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

8 And Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, |Look, Lord, half of my goods I give to the poor. If I have wrongfully exacted anything of anyone, I restore four times as much.|

9 Jesus said to him, |Today, salvation has come to this house, because he also is a son of Abraham.

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

11 As they heard these things, he went on and told a parable, because he was near Jerusalem, and they supposed that the Kingdom of God would be revealed immediately.

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

13 He called ten servants of his, and gave them ten mina coins, and told them, 'Conduct business until I come.'