19:1 Jesus 1 entered Jericho 2 and was passing through it. 19:2 Now 3 a man named Zacchaeus was there; he was a chief tax collector 4 and was rich. 19:3 He 5 was trying to get a look at Jesus, 6 but being a short man he could not see over the crowd. 7 19:4 So 8 he ran on ahead and climbed up into a sycamore tree 9 to see him, because Jesus 10 was going to pass that way. 19:5 And when Jesus came to that place, he looked up 11 and said to him, “Zacchaeus, come down quickly, 12 because I must 13 stay at your house today.” 14 19:6 So he came down quickly 15 and welcomed Jesus 16 joyfully. 17 19:7 And when the people 18 saw it, they all complained, 19 “He has gone in to be the guest of a man who is a sinner.” 20 19:8 But Zacchaeus stopped and said to the Lord, “Look, Lord, half of my possessions I now give 21 to the poor, and if 22 I have cheated anyone of anything, I am paying back four times as much!” 19:9 Then 23 Jesus said to him, “Today salvation 24 has come to this household, 25 because he too is a son of Abraham! 26