6 So he came down quickly and welcomed Jesus joyfully.
7 And when the people saw it, they all complained, “He has gone in to be the guest of a man who is a sinner.”
8 But Zacchaeus stopped and said to the Lord, “Look, Lord, half of my possessions I now give to the poor, and if I have cheated anyone of anything, I am paying back four times as much!”
9 Then Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this household, because he too is a son of Abraham!
10 For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”
11 While the people were listening to these things, Jesus proceeded to tell a parable, because he was near to Jerusalem, and because they thought that the kingdom of God was going to appear immediately.
12 Therefore he said, “A nobleman went to a distant country to receive for himself a kingdom and then return.