| He entered Jericho and was passing through. And there was
a man named Zaccheus; he was a chief tax collector, and rich. And he sought
to see who Jesus was, but could not, on account of the crowd, because he
was small of stature. So he ran on ahead and climbed up into a sycamore
tree to see him, for he was to pass that way. And when Jesus came to the
place, he looked up and said to him, "Zaccheus, make haste and come down;
for I must stay at your house today." So he made haste and came down, and
received him joyfully. And when they saw it they all murmured, "He has
gone in to be the guest of a man who is a sinner." And Zaccheus stood and
said to the Lord, "Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor;
and if I have defrauded any one of anything, I restore it fourfold." And
Jesus said to him, "Today salvation has come to this house, since he also
is a son of Abraham. For the Son of man came to seek and to save the lost."
Luke 19; 1-10 (RSV)
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