Jesus and Zacchaeus

(Numbers 5:5–10)

19 Then Jesus entered Jericho [and] was passing through. 2 And [there was] a man named Zacchaeus, a chief tax collector, [who was] very wealthy. 3 He was trying to see who Jesus was, but could not [see] over the crowd because he was small in stature. 4 So he ran on ahead [and] climbed a sycamore tree to see Him, since [Jesus] was about to pass that [way].

5 When [Jesus] came to that place, [He] looked up [and] said, “Zacchaeus, hurry down, for I must stay at your house today.”

6 So [Zacchaeus] hurried down and welcomed Him joyfully. 7 And all [who] saw [this] began to grumble, saying, “He has gone to be the guest of a sinful man!”

8 But Zacchaeus stood up [and] said to the Lord, “Look, Lord, half of my possessions I give to the poor, and if I have cheated anyone, I will repay [it] fourfold.”

9 Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, because [this man] too is a son of Abraham. 10 For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”