Jesus Visits Zacchaeus

19 He entered Jericho and was passing through. There was a man named Zacchaeus who was a chief tax collector, and he was rich. He was trying to see who Jesus was, but he was not able because of the crowd, since he was a short man. So running ahead, he climbed up a sycamore tree to see Jesus, since he was about to pass that way. When Jesus came to the place, he looked up and said to him, “Zacchaeus, hurry and come down because today it is necessary for me to stay at your house.”

So he quickly came down and welcomed him joyfully. All who saw it began to complain,(A) “He’s gone to stay with a sinful man.”

But Zacchaeus stood there and said to the Lord, “Look, I’ll give half of my possessions to the poor,(B) Lord. And if I have extorted(C) anything from anyone, I’ll pay back four times as much.”(D)

“Today salvation(E) has come to this house,” Jesus told him, “because he too is a son of Abraham.(F) 10 For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save the lost.”(G)

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Jesus and Zacchaeus

19 And he entered and[a] traveled through Jericho. And there was[b] a man named[c] Zacchaeus, and he was a chief tax collector, and he was rich. And he was seeking to see Jesus—who he was—and he was not able to as a result of the crowd, because he was short in stature. And he ran on ahead and[d] climbed up into a sycamore tree so that he could see him, because he was going to go through that way. And when he came to the place, Jesus looked up and[e] said to him, “Zacchaeus, come down quickly, because it is necessary for me to stay at your house today!” And he came down quickly and welcomed him joyfully. And when they[f] saw it,[g] they all began to complain,[h] saying, “He has gone in to find lodging with a man who is a sinner!” And Zacchaeus stopped and[i] said to the Lord, “Behold, half of my possessions, Lord, I am giving to the poor, and if I have extorted anything from anyone, I am paying it[j] back four times as much!” And Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, because he too is a son of Abraham. 10 For the Son of Man came to seek and to save those who are lost.”

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 19:1 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“entered”) has been translated as a finite verb
  2. Luke 19:2 Literally “behold”
  3. Luke 19:2 Literally “called by name”
  4. Luke 19:4 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“ran on”) has been translated as a finite verb
  5. Luke 19:5 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“looked up”) has been translated as a finite verb
  6. Luke 19:7 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“saw”) which is understood as temporal
  7. Luke 19:7 *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  8. Luke 19:7 *The imperfect tense has been translated as ingressive here (“began to complain”)
  9. Luke 19:8 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“stopped”) has been translated as a finite verb
  10. Luke 19:8 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation