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Jesus entered Jericho and made his way through the town.
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There was a man there named Zacchaeus. He was the chief tax collector in the region, and he had become very rich.
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He tried to get a look at Jesus, but he was too short to see over the crowd.
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So he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore-fig tree beside the road, for Jesus was going to pass that way.
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When Jesus came by, he looked up at Zacchaeus and called him by name. “Zacchaeus!” he said. “Quick, come down! I must be a guest in your home today.”
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Zacchaeus quickly climbed down and took Jesus to his house in great excitement and joy.
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But the people were displeased. “He has gone to be the guest of a notorious sinner,” they grumbled.