Luke 19:2-10

2There was a man there called Zacchaeus. He was a leader of the men who took taxes from people. He had become very rich.

3He was trying to see who Jesus was. There was a big crowd there and he was a small man. So he could not see Jesus.

4He ran on in front of the crowd and he climbed up a tree. He could see Jesus more easily from the tree, because Jesus would walk along that way.

5When Jesus came to the tree, he looked up at Zacchaeus. He said to him, ‘Zacchaeus, come down quickly. Today I must stay in your home.’

6So Zacchaeus came down immediately and took Jesus into his home. He was very happy about this.

7The people saw what had happened. They were not happy, and they were saying, ‘Jesus has gone to stay in the home of a man that does bad things.’

8Later, Zacchaeus stood up in front of everyone. He said to the Lord Jesus, ‘Listen, Master! I will give half of all the things that I have to poor people. I may have taken too much money from some people. I will give back to them four times as much as I took from them wrongly.’

9Jesus said to him, ‘Today God has saved people in this home. Now Zacchaeus also belongs to the family of Abraham.

10I, the Son of Man, came to look for people who are far away from God. They are in danger and I have come to save them.’