Jesus at Zacchaeus’ House

Having entered  Jericho, Jesus was walking through the city. And there was a man named Zacchaeus, who was the chief of the publicans and very wealthy, and who, wanting to see Jesus in order to get to know him, was not able to because of the crowd, for he was quite small. Therefore, he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore tree in order to see him, for he would have to pass by there. Having come to that spot, Jesus looked  up, and seeing Zacchaeus said to him, “Zacchaeus, make haste and come down, for I must stay at your house today.” Zacchaeus came down at once and welcomed him with joy. Seeing this, everyone murmured, saying, “He has gone to stay at the house of a sinner.”

Meanwhile,  Zacchaeus stood before the Lord and said to him, “Lord, I shall give half of what I own to the poor and if I have caused harm to anyone, no matter who, I shall repay him fourfold.” Jesus said to him, “This house has received salvation today, because this man too is a son of Abraham,  for the Son of Man has come to seek and  to save those who were lost.” (Lk.  19:1-10)