Jesus and Zacchaeus

19:1 Jesus1 entered Jericho2 and was passing through it. 19:2 Now3 a man named Zacchaeus was there; he was a chief tax collector4 and was rich. 19:3 He5 was trying to get a look at Jesus,6 but being a short man he could not see over the crowd.7 19:4 So8 he ran on ahead and climbed up into a sycamore tree9 to see him, because Jesus10 was going to pass that way. 19:5 And when Jesus came to that place, he looked up11 and said to him, “Zacchaeus, come down quickly,12 because I must13 stay at your house today.”14 19:6 So he came down quickly15 and welcomed Jesus16 joyfully.17 19:7 And when the people18 saw it, they all complained,19 “He has gone in to be the guest of a man who is a sinner.”20 19:8 But Zacchaeus stopped and said to the Lord, “Look, Lord, half of my possessions I now give21 to the poor, and if22 I have cheated anyone of anything, I am paying back four times as much!” 19:9 Then23 Jesus said to him, “Today salvation24 has come to this household,25 because he too is a son of Abraham!26 19:10 For the Son of Man came27 to seek and to save the lost.”