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1 Jesus passed through Jericho.
2 There was an important, wealthy, chief tax collector called Zacchaeus.
3 He tried to see who Jesus was. Being a short person he could not see over the crowd.
4 So he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore (fig-mulberry) tree near where he would pass by in order to see him.
5 When Jesus came to the place he looked up at Zacchaeus and said: »Come down quickly for today I must visit your home.«
6 He hurried down to receive him joyfully.
7 Many in the crowd complained saying: »He is staying with a man who is a sinner.«
8 Zacchaeus stood before Jesus and said: »Lord, I now give half of all my possessions to the poor. If I have defrauded any one I will give back four times the amount taken.«
9 Jesus said to him: »Salvation has come to this house today. He is also a son of Abraham.
10 »The Son of man came to seek and to save that which was lost.«