Luke 19:1-10, Jesus’ encounter with Zacchaeus

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1  Jesus entered Jericho and was passing through it. 

2  A man was there named Zacchaeus; he was a chief tax collector and was rich. 

3  Zacchaeus was trying to see who Jesus was, but on account of the crowd he could not, because he was short in stature. 

4  So he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore tree to see him, because Jesus was going to pass that way. 

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.” 

6  So Zacchaeus hurried down and was happy to welcome Jesus. 

7  All who saw it began to grumble and said, “Jesus has gone to be the guest of one who is a sinner.” 

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.” 

9  Then 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 out and to save the lost.”