Luke 19:7-9

Contemporary English Version

⁷Everyone who saw this started grumbling, “This man Zacchaeus is a sinner! And Jesus is going home to eat with him.”

⁸Later that day Zacchaeus stood up and said to the Lord, “I will give half of my property to the poor. And I will now pay back four times as much^[a] to everyone I have ever cheated.”

⁹Jesus said to Zacchaeus, “Today you and your family have been saved,^[b] because you are a true son of Abraham.^[c]

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Footnotes

19.8 pay back four times as much: Both Jewish and Roman law said that a person must pay back four times the amount that was taken.
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.