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Jesus and Zacchaeus

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

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

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

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]

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

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 19:1 Lit. he
  2. Luke 19:4 Lit. him
  3. Luke 19:5 Lit. to the place
  4. Luke 19:6 Lit. He
  5. Luke 19:6 The Gk. lacks into his home
  6. Luke 19:7 Lit. He
  7. Luke 19:7 The Gk. lacks notorious
  8. Luke 19:8 The Gk. lacks as much as I owe; cf. Exod 22:1, 2 Sam 12:6
  9. Luke 19:9 Lit. because he

Zacchaeus the Tax Collector

19 Jesus entered Jericho(A) and was passing through. A man was there by the name of Zacchaeus; he was a chief tax collector and was wealthy. He wanted to see who Jesus was, but because he was short he could not see over the crowd. So he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore-fig(B) tree to see him, since Jesus was coming that way.(C)

When Jesus reached the spot, he looked up and said to him, “Zacchaeus, come down immediately. I must stay at your house today.” So he came down at once and welcomed him gladly.

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

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

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

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