Luke 19:1-9

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Jesus and Zacchaeus

19 As Jesus^[a] entered Jericho and was passing through it, ² a man named Zacchaeus appeared. He was a leading tax collector, and a rich one at that! ³ He was trying to see who Jesus was, but he couldn’t do so due to the crowd, since he was a short man. ⁴ So he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore tree to see Jesus,^[b] who was going to pass that way.

⁵ When Jesus came to the tree,^[c] he looked up and said, “Zacchaeus, hurry and come down! I must stay at your house today.” ⁶ Zacchaeus^[d] came down quickly and was glad to welcome him into his home.^[e]

⁷ But all the people who saw this began to complain: “Jesus^[f] is going to be the guest of a notorious^[g] sinner!”

⁸ Later, Zacchaeus stood up and announced to the Lord, “Look! I’m giving half of my possessions to the destitute, and if I have accused anyone falsely, I’m repaying four times as much as I owe.”^[h]

⁹ Then Jesus told him, “Today salvation has come to this home, because this man^[i] is also a descendant of Abraham,