8Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, "Behold, Lord, half of my goods I give to the poor. If I have wrongfully exacted anything of anyone, I restore four times as much."
9Jesus said to him, "Today, salvation has come to this house, because he also is a son of Abraham.
10For the Son of Man came to seek and to save that which was lost."
11As 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.
12He said therefore, "A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return.
13He called ten servants of his, and gave them ten minas, and told them, `Conduct business until I come.`
14But his citizens hated him, and sent an envoy after him, saying, `We don`t want this man to reign over us.`
