1 Jesus entrou em Jericó, e atravessava a cidade.

2 Havia ali um homem rico chamado Zaqueu, chefe dos publicanos.

3 Ele queria ver quem era Jesus, mas, sendo de pequena estatura, não o conseguia, por causa da multidão.

4 Assim, correu adiante e subiu numa figueira brava para vê-lo, pois Jesus ia passar por ali.

5 Quando Jesus chegou àquele lugar, olhou para cima e lhe disse: "Zaqueu, desça depressa. Quero ficar em sua casa hoje".

6 Então ele desceu rapidamente e o recebeu com alegria.

7 Todo o povo viu isso e começou a se queixar: "Ele se hospedou na casa de um ‘pecador’ ".

8 Mas Zaqueu levantou-se e disse ao Senhor: "Olha, Senhor! Estou dando a metade dos meus bens aos pobres; e se de alguém extorqui alguma coisa, devolverei quatro vezes mais".

9 Jesus lhe disse: "Hoje houve salvação nesta casa! Porque este homem também é filho de Abraão.

10 Pois o Filho do homem veio buscar e salvar o que estava perdido".

1 He entered and was passing through Jericho. 2 There was a man named Zacchaeus. He was a chief tax collector, and he was rich. 3 He was trying to see who Jesus was, and couldn’t because of the crowd, because he was short. 4 He ran on ahead and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see him, for he was going to pass that way. 5 When Jesus came to the place, he looked up and saw him, and said to him, "Zacchaeus, hurry and come down, for today I must stay at your house." 6 He hurried, came down, and received him joyfully. 7 When they saw it, they all murmured, saying, "He has gone in to lodge with a man who is a sinner."

8 Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, "Behold, Lord, half of my goods I give to the poor. If I have wrongfully exacted anything of anyone, I restore four times as much."

9 Jesus said to him, "Today, salvation has come to this house, because he also is a son of Abraham. 10 For the Son of Man came to seek and to save that which was lost."