1 He entered and was passing through Jericho. 2 There was a man named Zacchaeus. He was a chief tax collector, and he was rich. 3 He was trying to see who Jesus was, and couldn’t because of the crowd, because he was short. 4 He ran on ahead and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see him, for he was going to pass that way. 5 When Jesus came to the place, he looked up and saw him, and said to him, "Zacchaeus, hurry and come down, for today I must stay at your house." 6 He hurried, came down, and received him joyfully. 7 When they saw it, they all murmured, saying, "He has gone in to lodge with a man who is a sinner."

8 Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, "Behold, Lord, half of my goods I give to the poor. If I have wrongfully exacted anything of anyone, I restore four times as much."

9 Jesus said to him, "Today, salvation has come to this house, because he also is a son of Abraham. 10 For the Son of Man came to seek and to save that which was lost."

1 Tendo Jesus entrado em Jericó, ia atravessando a cidade.

2 Havia ali um homem chamado Zaqueu, o qual era chefe de publicanos e era rico.

3 Este procurava ver quem era Jesus, e não podia, por causa da multidão, porque era de pequena estatura.

4 E correndo adiante, subiu a um sicômoro a fim de vê-lo, porque havia de passar por ali.

5 Quando Jesus chegou àquele lugar, olhou para cima e disse-lhe: Zaqueu, desce depressa; porque importa que eu fique hoje em tua casa.

6 Desceu, pois, a toda a pressa, e o recebeu com alegria.

7 Ao verem isso, todos murmuravam, dizendo: Entrou para ser hóspede de um homem pecador.

8 Zaqueu, porém, levantando-se, disse ao Senhor: Eis aqui, Senhor, dou aos pobres metade dos meus bens; e se em alguma coisa tenho defraudado alguém, eu lho restituo quadruplicado.

9 Disse-lhe Jesus: Hoje veio a salvação a esta casa, porquanto também este é filho de Abraão.

10 Porque o Filho do homem veio buscar e salvar o que se havia perdido.