Jesus said: "These things are good.

But I want the most precious thing you possess." "What is that, sir ?" asked Zacchaeus in terror, for he thought he had given of his best.

"Everything I possess is yours." Then Jesus grasped his hand, looked at him lovingly, and said: "Zacchaeus, give me your heart!" The man became His follower.
One day He was dining with a man who was very learned and a strict censor of morals.

Several of His disciples were among the guests, and the talk, partly intellectual and partly guided by feeling, turned on the Scriptures.

At first Jesus took no part; He was thinking how much pleasanter it would be to hear simple talk at His mother's fireside at home than to dispute with these arrogant scholars about the empty letter.