1. Jesus entered Jericho and was passing through town.
2. A man there named Zacchaeus, a ruler among tax collectors, was rich.
3. He was trying to see who Jesus was, but, being a short man, he couldn’t because of the crowd.
4. So he ran ahead and climbed up a sycamore tree so he could see Jesus, who was about to pass that way.
5. When Jesus came to that spot, he looked up and said, "Zacchaeus, come down at once. I must stay in your home today."
6. So Zacchaeus came down at once, happy to welcome Jesus.
7. Everyone who saw this grumbled, saying, "He has gone to be the guest of a sinner."
8. Zacchaeus stopped and said to the Lord, "Look, Lord, I give half of my possessions to the poor. And if I have cheated anyone, I repay them four times as much."
9. Jesus said to him, "Today, salvation has come to this household because he too is a son of Abraham.
10. The Human One came to seek and save the lost."
11. As they listened to this, Jesus told them another parable because he was near Jerusalem and they thought God’s kingdom would appear right away.