1 HE entered and was passing through Jericho.

2 In the city there was a man called Zacchaeus, who was chief of the tax collectors and was rich.

3 He was trying to see Jesus \'97 what he was like; but he could not on account of the crowd, for he was short in stature.

4 So running ahead he climbed up into a mulberry tree to see him, for he was going to pass that way.

5 When Jesus came to the place, he looked up and said to him, "Zaccheus, make haste and come down; to-day I must stay at your house."

6 He hurriedly descended and welcomed him joyfully.

7 All who saw it grumbled, saying that Jesus was going in to stay with a sinner.

8 Zacchaeus stood and said to the Master, "See, the half of my property, Sir, I give to the poor, and if I have unjustly taken anything from any one, I will give him back four-fold."

9 Jesus said to him, "To-day salvation has come to this house, since he also is a son of Abraham.

10 For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost."