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,
13and having called ten servants of his own, he gave to them ten pounds, and said unto them, Do business -- till I come;
14and his citizens were hating him, and did send an embassy after him, saying, We do not wish this one to reign over us.
