Jesus Visits Zacchaeus
1 He entered Jericho and was passing through.
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There was a man named Zacchaeus who was a chief tax collector, and he was rich.
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He was trying to see who Jesus was, but he was not able because of the crowd, since he was a short man.
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So running ahead, he climbed up a sycamore tree to see Jesus, since He was about to pass that way.
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When Jesus came to the place, He looked up and said to him, "Zacchaeus, hurry and come down, because today I must stay at your house."
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So he quickly came down and welcomed Him joyfully.
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All who saw it began to complain, "He's gone to lodge with a sinful man!"
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But Zacchaeus stood there and said to the Lord, "Look, I'll give half of my possessions to the poor, Lord! And if I have extorted anything from anyone, I'll pay back four times as much!"
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"Today salvation has come to this house," Jesus told him, "because he too is a son of Abraham.
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For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save the lost."