Luke 19:9-11

Contemporary English Version

⁹Jesus said to Zacchaeus, “Today you and your family have been saved,^[a] because you are a true son of Abraham.^[b] ¹⁰^(A) The Son of Man came to look for and to save people who are lost.”

A Story about Ten Servants

(Matthew 25.14-30)

¹¹^(B) The crowd was still listening to Jesus as he was getting close to Jerusalem. Many of them thought that God's kingdom would soon appear,

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Footnotes

19.9 saved: Zacchaeus was Jewish, but it is only now that he is rescued from sin and placed under God's care.
19.9 son of Abraham: As used in this verse, the words mean that Zacchaeus is truly one of God's special people.