“Then he began to reproach the towns where most of his mighty deeds had been done, since they had not repented.” (Matthew 11:20) Jesus regretted upon the Jews at that time, for they watched Him but had not see, they heard His teachings but had not listened, some even induced troubles. He said 'We played the flute for you, but you did not dance, we sang a dirge but you did not mourn.' For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they said, 'He is possessed by a demon. 'The Son of Man came eating and drinking and they said,'Look, he is a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners. But wisdom is vindicated by her works." (Matthew 11:17-19) Even though Jesus was the ancestry of David, He was denied by the people as their messiah due to His carpentry background that was associated to the urban poor. Such stereotype was never easy to be altered. Not many had followed and adopted the poor simple living of John, Jesus’ followers were not many neither. Majority of the Jews did not have the concern of repentance, for they conceived that since they were chosen by God, they had already been rescued. Jesus gave a parable between a Pharisee and a tax collector: "Two people went up to the temple area to pray; one was a Pharisee and the other was a tax collector. The Pharisee took up his position and spoke this prayer to himself, 'O God, I thank you that I am not like the rest of humanity--greedy, dishonest, adulterous--or even like this tax collector. I fast twice a week, and I pay tithes on my whole income.' But the tax collector stood off at a distance and would not even raise his eyes to heaven but beat his breast and prayed, 'O God, be merciful to me a sinner.' I tell you, the latter went home justified, not the former; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and the one who humbles himself will be exalted." (Luke 18:9-14) Jesus passed through Jericho one time; He met the chief tax collector Zacchaeus and told him He wanted to stay at his house that day. Zacchaeus was overwhelmed with joy, he told Jesus: “Behold, half of my possessions, Lord, I shall give to the poor, and if I have extorted anything from anyone I shall repay it four times over." And Jesus said to him, "Today salvation has come to this house because this man too is a descendant of Abraham. For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save what was lost." (Luke 19:8-9) The reason of Zacchaeus’ conversion was flowed from his gratefulness to the Lord, for Jesus had become a guest to his home. Let us welcome Jesus into our heart with the same spirit.