The chapter opens with the story of Zacchaeus. This story is topped off at the end with the words, The Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost (v. 10). The story is well-known. It shows how Jesus made no distinction between the rich and the poor, the “righteous” and the unrighteous. He saw them all as needy people. And, in contrast to comments in the previous chapter about the difficulty of the rich entering into the empire, it shows that it was not impossible for God to bring such