Luke 19:1-7

1Jesus entered Jericho and made his way through the town.

2There was a man there named Zacchaeus. He was the chief tax collector in the region, and he had become very rich.

3He tried to get a look at Jesus, but he was too short to see over the crowd.

4So he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore-fig tree beside the road, for Jesus was going to pass that way.

5When Jesus came by, he looked up at Zacchaeus and called him by name. “Zacchaeus!” he said. “Quick, come down! I must be a guest in your home today.”

6Zacchaeus quickly climbed down and took Jesus to his house in great excitement and joy.

7But the people were displeased. “He has gone to be the guest of a notorious sinner,” they grumbled.