Luke 19:2-8 ▼

2 And look, there was a man named Zacchaeus. He was a chief tax collector, and he was rich.

3 He was trying to see who Jesus was, and could not because of the crowd, because he was short.

4 He ran on ahead, and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see him, for he was to pass that way.

5 And as he came to the place, looking up, Jesus saw him, and said to him, |Zacchaeus, hurry and come down, for today I must stay at your house.|

6 He hurried, came down, and received him joyfully.

7 And when they saw it, they all murmured, saying, |He has gone in to lodge with a man who is a sinner.|

8 And Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, |Look, Lord, half of my goods I give to the poor. If I have wrongfully exacted anything of anyone, I restore four times as much.|