Luke 19, 1-10

1. Jesus went on into Jericho and was passing through.

2. There was a chief tax collector there named Zacchaeus, who was rich.

3. He was trying to see who Jesus was, but he was a little man and could not see Jesus because of the crowd.

4. So he ran ahead of the crowd and climbed a sycamore tree to see Jesus, who was going to pass that way.

5. When Jesus came to that place, He looked up and said to Zacchaeus, "Hurry down, Zacchaeus, because I must stay in your house today".

6. Zacchaeus hurried down and welcomed Him with great joy.

7. All the people who saw it started grumbling. "This man has gone as a guest to the home of a sinner!"

8. Zacchaeus stood up and said to the Lord "Listen, sir! I will give half my belongings to the poor, and if I have cheated anyone, I will pay back four times as much".

9. Jesus said to him "Salvation has come to this house today, for this man, also, is a descendant of Abraham.

10. The Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost".

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