Jeremiah’s words made Zacheus feel very unhappy deep inside his heart.
In his opinion, Jeremiah was simply saying this because he was defending his grandson.
The reason why Zacheus had looked for him was because he was hoping that Jeremiah would help him put in a good word in front of Charlie on his account to see if this matter could be reduced from a big problem to a small issue.
However, he never would have dreamt that Jeremiah would tell him directly that he, Zacheus, would not be able to