019:008 Zacchaeus however stood up, and addressing the Lord said, "Here and now, Master, I give half my property to the poor, and if I have unjustly exacted money from any man, I pledge myself to repay to him four times the amount."
019:009 Turning towards him, Jesus replied, "To-day salvation has come
to this house, seeing that he too is a son of Abraham.
019:010 For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that
which was lost."
019:011 As they were listening to His words, He went on to teach them by a parable, because He was near to Jerusalem and they supposed that the Kingdom of God was going to appear immediately.
019:012 So He said to them, "A man of noble family travelled to a distant
country to obtain the rank of king, and to return.
019:013 And he called ten of his servants and gave each of them a pound,
instructing them to trade with the money during his absence.
019:014 "Now his countrymen hated him, and sent a deputation after him
to say, `We are not willing that he should become our king.'
019:015 And upon his return, after he had obtained the sovereignty, he ordered those servants to whom he had given the money to be summoned before him, that he might learn their success in trading.
019:016 "So the first came and said, "`Sir, your pound has produced
ten pounds more.'
019:017 "`Well done, good servant,' he replied; `because you have been
faithful in a very small matter, be in authority over ten towns.'