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Jesus entered Jericho and was passing through it. 

A man named Zacchaeus lived there. He was a tax collector and a wealthy man. 

He wanted to see what Jesus was like, but he was short and couldn’t see over the crowd.

So he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore tree. From there, he could see Jesus as he passed by. 

When Jesus reached that spot, he looked up and said to him: 

“Zacchaeus, come down quickly, for I must stay at your house today.” 

So Zacchaeus climbed down and welcomed him happily.

All the people who saw it began to grumble and said: 

“He has gone as a guest to the house of a sinner.” 

But Zaccheus spoke to Jesus: 

“Half of what I own, Lord, I will give to the poor, and if I have cheated anyone, I will pay him back four times as much.” 

Looking at him Jesus said: 

“Salvation has come to this house today, for he is also a true son of Abraham.

The Son of Man has come to seek and to save the lost.”