1 As Jesus entered Jericho and was passing through it,2 a man named Zacchaeus appeared. He was a leading tax collector, and a rich one at that!3 He was trying to see who Jesus was, but he couldn't do so because of the crowd. (He was short in height.)4 So he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore tree to see Jesus, who was going to pass that way.5 When Jesus came to the tree, he looked up and said,"Zacchaeus, hurry and come down! I must stay at your house today."6 Zacchaeus came down quickly and was glad to welcome him into his home.7 But all the people who saw this began to complain, saying, "He went to be the guest of a notorious sinner!"8 Zacchaeus stood up and said to the Lord, "Lord, I'll give half of my possessions to the poor. I'll pay four times as much as I owe if I have cheated anyone in any way."9 Then Jesus said to him,"Today salvation has come to this home, because he, too, is a descendant of Abraham.10 For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save the lost."