Jesus Makes The Wicked Zaccheus


As Jesus passed through Jericho a man named Zaccheus, who was the chief

tax-gatherer and rich, tried to see what Jesus was like, but could not

on account of the crowd and because he was short. So he ran ahead and

climbed into a sycamore-tree to see Jesus, for he was to pass that way.

When Jesus came to the place, he looked up and said to him, "Zaccheus,

come down, for to-day I must stay at your house." And Zaccheus came down

quickly and welcomed him joyfully.



Then all who saw this began to find fault, saying, "He has gone to eat

with a man who is a sinner." But Zaccheus stood up and said to Jesus,

"Lord, I will give half of all that I have to the poor; and to every man

whom I have cheated out of anything I will give back four times as

much." And Jesus said to him, "To-day salvation has come to this house,

for you have proved yourself to be a true son of Abraham. For the Son of

Man came to seek and to save the lost."



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