Luke 19:2-10

2And there was a man called Zaccheus; he was a chief tax collector [a superintendent to whom others reported], and he was rich.

3Zaccheus was trying to see who Jesus was, but he could not see because of the crowd, for he was short in stature.

4So he ran on ahead [of the crowd] and climbed up in a sycamore tree in order to see Him, for He was about to pass through that way.

5When Jesus reached the place, He looked up and said to him, “Zaccheus, hurry and come down, for today I must stay at your house.”

6So Zaccheus hurried and came down, and welcomed Jesus with joy.

7When the people saw it, they all began muttering [in discontent], “He has gone to be the guest of a man who is a [notorious] sinner.”

8Zaccheus stopped and said to the Lord, “See, Lord, I am [now] giving half of my possessions to the poor, and if I have cheated anyone out of anything, I will give back four times as much.”

9Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this household, because he, too, is a [spiritual] son of Abraham;

10for the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost.”