Luke 19:1-10 - Jesus And Zacchaeus

¹ Then he entered Jericho. And as he passed through it, ² there was a man called Zacchaeus, the head of the taxgatherers, a wealthy man, ³ who tried to see what Jesus was like; but he could not, on account of the crowd ??for he was small of stature. ⁴ So he ran forward and climbed into a sycomore tree to get a sight of him, as he was to pass that road. ⁵ But when Jesus reached the spot he looked up and said to him, "Zacchaeus, come down at once, for I must stay at your house to-day."

⁶ He came down at once and welcomed him gladly. ⁷ But when they saw this, everyone began to mutter that he had gone to be the guest of a sinner.

⁸ So Zacchaeus stopped and said to the Lord, "I will give the half of all I have, Lord, to the poor, and if I have cheated anybody I will give him back four times as much."

⁹ And Jesus said of him, "To-day salvation has come to this house, since Zacchaeus here is a son of Abraham. ¹⁰ For the Son of man has come to seek and save the lost."