Luke 19:1-18 ▼

1 And, having entered, He was passing through Jericho;

2 and, behold, a man, called by name Zacchaeus, and he was a chief tax-collector; and he was rich.

3 And he was seeking to see Jesus, Who He was; and was not able on account of the multitude; because he was small in stature.

4 And, running before, he climbed up into a sycamore tree, that he might see Him; because He was about to pass along that way.

5 And, when He came to the place, Jesus, looking up, said to him, "Zacchaeus, hastening, come down; for to-day I must abide in your house."

6 And, hastening, he came down, and received Him joyfully.

7 And, seeing it , they were all murmuring, saying, "He went in to be guest with a sinful man!"

8 And, standing, Zacchaeus said to the Lord, "Behold, the half of my goods, Lord, I give to the poor; and, if I wrongfully exacted anything from any one, I restore four-fold."

9 And Jesus said to him, "To-day salvation came to this house, inasmuch as he also is a son of Abraham;

10 for the Son of Man came to seek and to save that which is lost."

11 And, as they were hearing these things, adding, He spake a parable, because He was nigh to Jerusalem, and they supposed that the Kingdom of God was about immediately to appear.

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

13 And, calling ten servants of his, he gave them ten pounds, and said to them, 'Do business till I come.'

14 But his citizens were hating him, and sent an embassy after him, saying, 'We do not wish this man to be king over us.'

15 And it came to pass, when he came back, having received the kingdom, that he commanded the servants to whom he had given the money, to be called to him, that he might know what they accomplished in business.

16 "And the first came before him, saying, 'Lord, your pound gained ten pounds.'

17 And he said to him, 'Well done, good servant; because you were faithful in a very little, have authority over ten cities.'

18 And the second came, saying, 'Lord, your pound gained five pounds.'