Luke:19:1-10
mnt@Luke:19:1 @ So he entered Jericho and was passing through the town.
mnt@Luke:19:2 @ There was a man there, called Zaccheus, who was a chief of the tax- gatherers, and was wealthy.
mnt@Luke:19:3 @ And he kept trying to see what sort of a man Jesus was; but he could not see because he was short.
mnt@Luke:19:4 @ So he ran on before him and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see him; for he was about to pass that way.
mnt@Luke:19:5 @ As soon as Jesus came to the place, he looked up and said to him, "Come down quickly, Zaccheus, for today I must stay at your house."
mnt@Luke:19:6 @ He made haste to climb down, and receive him joyfully.
mnt@Luke:19:7 @ When they all saw it, they began to complain, saying "He has gone in to lodge with a man who is a sinner."
mnt@Luke:19:8 @ But Zaccheus stood up and said to the Lord, "I give half my property to the poor, Lord, and if I have defrauded any man of anything I am restoring it to him fourfold."
mnt@Luke:19:9 @ "Today is salvation come to this house," said Jesus "since Zaccheus here is a son of Abraham.
mnt@Luke:19:10 @ "For the Son of man is come to seek and to save the lost."