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Book of Luke Chapter 19 - Read Chapter 19:1 - [In Context ]Jesus was going through the city of Jericho.
19:2 - [In Context ]In Jericho there was a man named Zacchaeus. He was a wealthy, very important tax collector. F297
19:3 - [In Context ]He wanted to see who Jesus was. There were many other people that wanted to see Jesus too. Zacchaeus was too short to see above the people.
19:4 - [In Context ]So he ran to a place where he knew Jesus would come. Then Zacchaeus climbed a sycamore tree so he could see Jesus.
19:5 - [In Context ]When Jesus came to that place, Jesus looked up and saw Zacchaeus in the tree. Jesus said to him, "Zacchaeus, hurry! Come down! I must stay at your house today."
19:6 - [In Context ]Then Zacchaeus came down quickly. He was happy to have Jesus in his house.
19:7 - [In Context ]All the people saw this. They began to complain, "Look at the kind of man Jesus stays with. Zacchaeus is a sinner!"
19:8 - [In Context ]Zacchaeus said to the Lord (Jesus), "I want to do good. I will give half of my money to the poor. If I have cheated any person, I will pay that person back four times more!"
19:9 - [In Context ]Jesus said, "Today is the day for this family to be saved from sin. Yes, even this tax collector is one of God's chosen people F298 !
19:10 - [In Context ]The Son of Man F299 came to find lost people and save them."
FOOTNOTES: F297: tax collector(s) Jews hired by the Romans to collect taxes. They often cheated, and the other Jews hated them.
F298: one of God's chosen people Literally, "a son of Abraham."
F299: Son of Man A name Jesus used for himself. In Dan. 7:13-14, this is the name for the Messiah, the one God chose to save his people.
Abbreviations Legend: BCC - Burton Coffman; DSN - Darby's Synopsis; GEB - Gill's Exposition; GSB - Geneva Study Bible; JFB - Jamieson, Fausset, Brown; MHC-COM - Matthew Henry Complete; MHC-CON - Matthew Henry Concise; PNT - People's New Testament; RWP - Robertson's Word Pictures; SRN - Scofield Reference Notes; TFG - The Fourfold Gospel; TSK - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge; WEN - Wesley's Explanatory Notes; NTB - Nave's Topical Bible; TSK - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge; TTT - Torrey's Topical Textbook; EBD - Easton's Bible Dictionary; SBD - Smith's Bible Dictionary; TV - Today's Verse; WJD - What Jesus Did!;
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