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and lo, a man, by name called Zaccheus, and he was a chief tax-gatherer, and he was rich,
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and he was seeking to see Jesus, who he is, and was not able for the multitude, because in stature he was small,
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and 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.
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And 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;'
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and he having hastened did come down, and did receive him rejoicing;
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and having seen [it], they were all murmuring, saying -- `With a sinful man he went in to lodge!'
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And 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.'
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And Jesus said unto him -- `To-day salvation did come to this house, inasmuch as he also is a son of Abraham;
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for the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.'
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And 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.
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He said therefore, `A certain man of birth went on to a far country, to take to himself a kingdom, and to return,