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And all, having seen this, were beginning to kvetch (complain), saying, With a choteh (sinner) he entered to rest?

And Zakkai stood there and said to Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach Adoneinu: Hinei, half of my possessions, Adoni, I give as tzedakah (contribution to charity) to the aniyim, and if from someone I defrauded of anything, I am paying back arbatayim (four times). [Ex 22:1, Lv 6:4,5; Num 5:7; 2Sm 12:6; Ezek 33:14,15]

And he said to him, Hayom (Today) Yeshu’at Eloheinu has come to this bais, because he also is a Ben Avraham.

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All the people saw this and began to mutter, “He has gone to be the guest of a sinner.”(A)

But Zacchaeus stood up and said to the Lord,(B) “Look, Lord! Here and now I give half of my possessions to the poor, and if I have cheated anybody out of anything,(C) I will pay back four times the amount.”(D)

Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, because this man, too, is a son of Abraham.(E)

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