Luke 19

¹And having entered, he was passing through Jericho,

²and lo, a man, by name called Zaccheus, and he was a chief tax-gatherer, and he was rich,

³and he was seeking to see Jesus, who he is, and was not able for the multitude, because in stature he was small,

⁴and having run forward before, he went up on a sycamore, that he may see him, because through that [way] he was about to pass by.

⁵And as Jesus came up to the place, having looked up, he saw him, and said unto him, 'Zaccheus, having hastened, come down, for to-day in thy house it behoveth me to remain;'

⁶and he having hastened did come down, and did receive him rejoicing;

⁷and having seen [it], they were all murmuring, saying — 'With a sinful man he went in to lodge!'

⁸And Zaccheus having stood, said unto the Lord, 'Lo, the half of my goods, sir, I give to the poor, and if of any one anything I did take by false accusation, I give back fourfold.'

⁹And Jesus said unto him — 'To-day salvation did come to this house, inasmuch as he also is a son of Abraham;

¹⁰for the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.'

¹¹And while they are hearing these things, having added he spake a simile, because of his being nigh to Jerusalem, and of their thinking that the reign of God is about presently to be made manifest.

¹²He said therefore, 'A certain man of birth went on to a far country, to take to himself a kingdom, and to return,