Luke 19:1-8 ▼

1 Jesus entered Jericho and was passing through it.

2 Now a man named Zacchaeus was there; he was a chief tax collector and was rich.

3 He was trying to get a look at Jesus, but being a short man he could not see over the crowd.

4 So he ran on ahead and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see him, because Jesus was going to pass that way.

5 And when Jesus came to that place, he looked up and said to him, |Zacchaeus, come down quickly, because I must stay at your house today.|

6 So he came down quickly and welcomed Jesus joyfully.

7 And when the people saw it, they all complained, |He has gone in to be the guest of a man who is a sinner.|

8 But Zacchaeus stopped and said to the Lord, |Look, Lord, half of my possessions I now give to the poor, and if I have cheated anyone of anything, I am paying back four times as much!|