Jesus and Zacchaeus

19 Jesus entered and passed through Jericho. ² A man was there named Zacchaeus who was a chief tax collector, and he was rich. ³ He tried to see who Jesus was, but was not able from the crowd, because he was little in stature. ⁴ So he ran ahead and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see Him, for He was to pass that way.

⁵ When Jesus came to the vicinity, He looked up and saw him, and said to him, “Zacchaeus, hurry and come down, for today I must remain at your house.” ⁶ So he hurried and came down, and received Him joyfully.

⁷ When they saw it, they all murmured, saying, “He has gone to be the guest of a man who is a sinner.”

⁸ But Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, “Look, Lord, I give half of my possessions to the poor. And if I have taken anything from anyone by false accusation, I will repay him four times as much.”

⁹ Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, because he also is a son of Abraham. ¹⁰ For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost.”