Luke 19:1-10 - Zacchaeus climbs high to see Jesus
19:1 He entered Jericho and was passing through it.
19:2 A man was there named Zacchaeus; he was a chief tax collector and was rich.
19:3 He was trying to see who Jesus was, but on account of the crowd he could not, because he was short in stature.
19:4 So he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore tree to see him, because he was going to pass that way.
19:5 When
Jesus came to the place, he looked up and said to him, "Zacchaeus,
hurry and come down, for I must stay at your house today."
19:6 So he hurried down and was happy to welcome him.
19:7 All who saw it began to grumble and said, "He has gone to be the guest of one who is a sinner."
19:8 Zacchaeus
stood there and said to the Lord, "Look, half of my possessions, Lord, I
will give to the poor, and if I have defrauded anyone of anything, I
will pay back four times as much."
19:9 Then Jesus said to him, "Today salvation has come to this house, because he, too, is a son of Abraham.
19:10 For the Son of Man came to seek out and to save the lost."