Zacchaeus Meets Jesus
Luke 19:1-10 · Berean Standard Bible
Zacchaeus, a short and wealthy chief tax collector, climbs a sycamore tree to see Jesus, who calls him down and invites Himself to his house. Transformed by the encounter, Zacchaeus gives half his goods to the poor and repays those he cheated fourfold. Jesus declares, 'Today salvation has come to this house... for the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.'
1Then Jesus entered Jericho and was passing through.
2And there was a man named Zacchaeus, a chief tax collector, who was very wealthy.
3He was trying to see who Jesus was, but could not see over the crowd because he was small in stature.
4So he ran on ahead and climbed a sycamore tree to see Him, since Jesus was about to pass that way.
5When Jesus came to that place, He looked up and said, “Zacchaeus, hurry down, for I must stay at your house today.”
6So Zacchaeus hurried down and welcomed Him joyfully.
7And all who saw this began to grumble, saying, “He has gone to be the guest of a sinful man!”
8But 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.”
9Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, because this man too is a son of Abraham.
10For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”
Read the wider context: Luke 19.
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