1
Jesus went on into Jericho and was passing through.
2
There was a chief tax collector there named Zacchaeus, who was rich.
3
He was trying to see who Jesus was, but he was a little man and could not see Jesus because of the crowd.
4
So he ran ahead of the crowd and climbed a sycamore tree to see Jesus, who was going to pass that way.
5
When Jesus came to that place, he looked up and said to Zacchaeus, "Hurry down, Zacchaeus, because I must stay in your house today."
6
Zacchaeus hurried down and welcomed him with great joy.
7
All the people who saw it started grumbling, "This man has gone as a guest to the home of a sinner!"
8
Zacchaeus stood up and said to the Lord, "Listen, sir! I will give half my belongings to the poor, and if I have cheated anyone, I will pay back four times as much."