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Jesus said to Zacchaeus, “Today you and your family have been saved,[a] because you are a true son of Abraham.[b] 10 (A) The Son of Man came to look for and to save people who are lost.”

A Story about Ten Servants

(Matthew 25.14-30)

11 (B) The crowd was still listening to Jesus as he was getting close to Jerusalem. Many of them thought that God's kingdom would soon appear,

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Footnotes

  1. 19.9 saved: Zacchaeus was Jewish, but it is only now that he is rescued from sin and placed under God's care.
  2. 19.9 son of Abraham: As used in this verse, the words mean that Zacchaeus is truly one of God's special people.

Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, because this man, too, is a son of Abraham.(A) 10 For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”(B)

The Parable of the Ten Minas(C)

11 While they were listening to this, he went on to tell them a parable, because he was near Jerusalem and the people thought that the kingdom of God(D) was going to appear at once.(E)

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