Luke 19:1-10

GOD’S WORD Translation

Zacchaeus Meets Jesus

19 Jesus was passing through Jericho. ² A man named Zacchaeus was there. He was the director of tax collectors, and he was rich. ³ He tried to see who Jesus was. But Zacchaeus was a small man, and he couldn’t see Jesus because of the crowd. ⁴ So Zacchaeus ran ahead and climbed a fig tree to see Jesus, who was coming that way.

⁵ When Jesus came to the tree, he looked up and said, “Zacchaeus, come down! I must stay at your house today.”

⁶ Zacchaeus came down and was glad to welcome Jesus into his home. ⁷ But the people who saw this began to express disapproval. They said, “He went to be the guest of a sinner.”

⁸ ⌞Later, at dinner,⌟ Zacchaeus stood up and said to the Lord, “Lord, I’ll give half of my property to the poor. I’ll pay four times as much as I owe to those I have cheated in any way.”

⁹ Then Jesus said to Zacchaeus, “You and your family have been saved today. You’ve shown that you, too, are one of Abraham’s descendants. ¹⁰ Indeed, the Son of Man has come to seek and to save people who are lost.”