Luke 19:1-10 (NASB)
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Luke 19:1
He entered Jericho and was passing through.
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Luke 19:2
And there was a man called by the name of Zaccheus; he was a chief tax collector and he was rich.
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Luke 19:3
Zaccheus was trying to see who Jesus was, and was unable because of the crowd, for he was small in stature.
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Luke 19:4
So he ran on ahead and climbed up into a sycamore tree in order to see Him, for He was about to pass through that way.
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Luke 19:5
When Jesus came to the place, He looked up and said to him, “Zaccheus, hurry and come down, for today I must stay at your house.”
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Luke 19:6
And he hurried and came down and received Him gladly.
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Luke 19:7
When they saw it, they all began to grumble, saying, “He has gone to be the guest of a man who is a sinner.”
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Luke 19:8
Zaccheus stopped and said to the Lord, “Behold, Lord, half of my possessions I will give to the poor, and if I have defrauded anyone of anything, I will give back four times as much.”
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Luke 19:9
And Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, because he, too, is a son of Abraham.
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Luke 19:10
“For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost.”