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Jesus was passing through Jericho.
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A man named Zacchaeus was there. He was the director of tax collectors, and he was rich.
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He tried to see who Jesus was. But Zacchaeus was a small man, and he couldn't see Jesus because of the crowd.
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So Zacchaeus ran ahead and climbed a fig tree to see Jesus, who was coming that way.
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When Jesus came to the tree, he looked up and said, "Zacchaeus, come down! I must stay at your house today."
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Zacchaeus came down and was glad to welcome Jesus into his home.
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But the people who saw this began to express disapproval. They said, "He went to be the guest of a sinner."
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[Later, at dinner,] Zacchaeus stood up and said to the Lord, "Lord, I'll give half of my property to the poor. I'll pay four times as much as I owe to those I have cheated in any way."
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Then Jesus said to Zacchaeus, "You and your family have been saved today. You've shown that you, too, are one of Abraham's descendants.
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Indeed, the Son of Man has come to seek and to save people who are lost."