143. Iesus ate with Zacchaeus
Then came all the disciples to Damascus, by the will of God. And on that day Judas (the traitor) more than any other, made show of having suffered grief at Iesus' absence. Wherefore Iesus said:
'Let every one beware of him who without occasion laboureth to give thee tokens of love.'
And God took away our understanding, that we might not know to what end he said this.
After the coming of all the disciples, Iesus said:
'Let us return into Galilee, for thus hath the Angel (of God) said unto me, that I needs must go thither.'
Whereupon, one Sabbath morning, Iesus came to Nazareth. When the citizens recognized Iesus, everyone disired to see him. Whereupon a publican (by name Zacchaeus) who was of small stature, not being able to see Iesus by reason of the great multitude, climbed to the top of a sycamore, and there waited for Iesus to pass that place when he went to the synagogue. Iesus then, having come to that place, lifted up his eyes and said:
'Come down, Zacchaeus, for to-day I will abide in thy house.'
The man came down and received him with gladness, making a splendid feast.
The Pharisees murmured, saying to Iesus' disciples:
'Wherefore is your master gone in to eat with publicans and sinners?'
Iesus answered:
'For what cause doth the physician {enter} into an house? Tell me, and I will tell you wherefore I am come in hither.'
They answered:
'To heal the sick.'
'Ye say the truth,'
said Iesus,
'for the whole have no need of medicine, only the sick.'