| 1 Jesus entered Jericho and was passing through.
2 A man was there by the name of Zacchaeus; he was a chief tax collector and was wealthy.
3 He wanted to see who Jesus was, but being a short man he could not, because of the crowd.
4 So he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore-fig tree to see him, since Jesus was coming that way.
5 When Jesus reached the spot, he looked up and said to him, \"Zacchaeus, come down immediately. I must stay at your house today.\"
6 So he came down at once and welcomed him gladly.
7 All the people saw this and began to mutter, \"He has gone to be the guest of a \'sinner.\' \"
8 But Zacchaeus stood up and said to the Lord, \"Look, Lord! Here and now I give half of my possessions to the poor, and if I have cheated anybody out of anything, I will pay back four times the amount.\"
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 what was lost.\"
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