Luke 19:1-7 ▼

1 As Jesus entered Jericho and was passing through it,

2 a man named Zacchaeus appeared. He was a leading tax collector, and a rich one at that!

3 He was trying to see who Jesus was, but he couldn't do so due to the crowd, since he was a short man.

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

5 When Jesus came to the tree, he looked up and said, |Zacchaeus, hurry and come down! I must stay at your house today.|

6 Zacchaeus came down quickly and was glad to welcome him into his home.

7 But all the people who saw this began to complain: |Jesus is going to be the guest of a notorious sinner!|