Luke 19:1-10

Zaccheus Converted

1 He ¹entered Jericho and was passing through.

2 And there was a man called by the name of Zaccheus; he was a chief tax collector and he was rich.

3 Zaccheus was trying to see who Jesus was, and was unable * because of the crowd, for he was small in stature.

4 So he ran on ahead and climbed up into a ²sycamore tree in order to see Him, for He was about to pass through that way.

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."

6 And he hurried and came down and received Him gladly.

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."

8 Zaccheus stopped and said to ³the Lord, "Behold, Lord, half of my possessions I will give to the poor, and if I have ⁴defrauded anyone of anything, I will give back ⁵four times as much."

9 And Jesus said to him, "Today salvation has come to this house, because he, too, is ⁶a son of Abraham.

10 "For ⁷the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost."

Cross References

• 1. Luke 18:35
• 2. 1 Kings 10:27; 1 Chronicles 27:28; 2 Chronicles 1:15; 2 Chronicles 9:27; Psalms 78:47; Isaiah 9:10; Luke 17:6
• 3. Luke 7:13
• 4. Luke 3:14
• 5. Exodus 22:1; Leviticus 6:5; Numbers 5:7; 2 Samuel 12:6
• 6. Luke 3:8; Luke 13:16; Romans 4:16; Galatians 3:7
• 7. Matthew 18:11

Footnotes

• [a]. I.e. fig-mulberry
• [b]. Lit "rejoicing"
• [c]. Or "to find lodging"
• [d]. Lit "am giving"
• [e]. Lit "am giving"