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1He came to Jericho and intended to pass through the town. 2Now
a man there named Zacchaeus, who was a chief tax collector and
also a wealthy man, 3was seeking to see who Jesus was; but he
could not see him because of the crowd, for he was short in
stature. 4So he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore tree in order
to see Jesus, who was about to pass that way. 5When he reached
the place, Jesus looked up and said to him, “Zacchaeus, come
down quickly, for today I must stay at your house.” 6And he came
down quickly and received him with joy. 7When they all saw this,
they began to grumble, saying, “He has gone to stay at the house
of a sinner.”a 8But Zacchaeus stood there and said to the Lord,
“Behold, half of my possessions, Lord, I shall give to the poor,
and if I have extorted anything from anyone I shall repay it
four times over.”b 9* And Jesus said to him, “Today salvationc
has come to t