Lucas 19

Zacchaeus changed his way of life after talking with Jesus.

1 Jesus and his disciples entered Jericho and were going through the city. 2 There was a man there named Zacchaeus. He was a chief tax collector, who was rich. 3 He tried to see Jesus, but he was very short, and there was a big crowd of people near Jesus. So he was not able to see him. 4 So he ran further ahead along the road that Jesus was walking on. He climbed a sycamore-fig tree to see Jesus. 5 When Jesus got there, he looked up and said to him, "Zacchaeus, come down quickly, because God wants me to go with you(sg) to your house and stay there tonight"! 6 So he came down quickly. He took Jesus to his house and welcomed him joyfully. 7 The people who saw Jesus go there grumbled saying, "He has gone to be the guest of a man who is a sinner!" 8 Then Zacchaeus stood up while they were eating and said to the Lord Jesus, "Lord, I want you (sg) to know that I am going to give half of what I own to poor people. And as for the people whom I have cheated, I will pay them back four times the amount I have gotten from them by cheating." 9 Jesus said to him, "Today God has forgiven [PRS] you and the other people in [MTY] this house, because you (sg) also have shown that you have trusted in God as your ancestor Abraham did. 10 Remember this: I, the one who came from heaven, came to seek and save people like you(sg) who have gone astray from God, just like a shepherd who searches for his lost sheep."