Luke 19
1 Jesus entered Jericho and made his way through the town.
2 There was a man there named Zacchaeus.
He was the chief tax collector in the region,
and he had become very rich.
3 He tried to get a look at Jesus,
but he was too short to see over the crowd.
4 So he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore-fig tree beside the road,
for Jesus was going to pass that way.
5 When Jesus came by, he looked up at Zacchaeus and called him by name.
“Zacchaeus!” he said.
“Quick, come down! I must be a guest in your home today.”
6 Zacchaeus quickly climbed down and took Jesus to his house
in great excitement and joy.
7 But the people were displeased.
“He has gone to be the guest of a notorious sinner,” they grumbled.
8 Meanwhile, Zacchaeus stood before the Lord and said,
“I will give half my wealth to the poor, Lord,
and if I have cheated people on their taxes,
I will give them back four times as much!”
9 Jesus responded,
“Salvation has come to this home today,
for this man has shown himself to be a true son of Abraham.
10 For the Son of Man came to seek and save those who are lost.”
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