Zacchaeus declared: “If I have taken anything from any man by false accusation, I restore him fourfold.” You could at least have made efforts to correct your acts of injustice to your fellow men. You cannot make every case right, for some whom you have injured have gone into their graves, and the account stands registered against you. In these cases the best you can do is to bring a trespass offering to the altar of the Lord, and He will accept and pardon you. But where you can, you should make reparation to the wronged ones. {5T 339.1}

Zakæus erklærede: »Hvis jeg har presset penge af nogen, så giver jeg det firdobbelt tilbage.« Du kunne i det mindste have gjort noget for at rette dine uretfærdige handlinger for dine medmennesker. Under alle omstændigheder kan det ikke gøre det rigtigt igen, for nogle som du har skadet er gået i deres grave og regnskabet står optegnet imod dig. Det bedste du kan gøre er at bringe et skyldoffer på Herrens alter og han vil antage det og tilgive dig. Men hvor du kan, bør du give de forurettede oprejsning.