Luke 19:3 - Easy To Read Version

³ 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.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³ And he sought to see Jesus who he was; and could not for the press, because he was little of stature.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³ And he was trying to see Jesus, which One He was, but he could not on account of the crowd, because he was small in stature.

American Standard Version (1901)

³ And he sought to see Jesus who he was; and could not for the crowd, because he was little of stature.

Common English Bible

³ He was trying to see who Jesus was, but, being a short man, he couldn’t because of the crowd.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³ And he sought to see Jesus, to see who he was. But he was unable to do so, because of the crowd, for he was small in stature.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³ And he sought to see Jesus who he was, and he could not for the crowd, because he was low of stature.

Luke 19:3 Cross References

Mark 15:40

Some women were standing away from the cross, watching. Some of these women were Mary from the town of Magdala, Salome, and Mary the mother of James and Joses. (James was her youngest son.)

Luke 12:25

None of you can add any time to your life by worrying about it.

Luke 19:2

In Jericho there was a man named Zacchaeus. He was a wealthy, very important tax collector. {\cf2\super [297]}

Luke 19:4

So he ran to a place where he knew Jesus would come. Then Zacchaeus climbed a sycamore tree so he could see Jesus.

Luke 23:8

When Herod saw Jesus, he was very happy. Herod had heard all about Jesus. So he had wanted to meet Jesus for a long time. Herod wanted to see a miracle. {\cf2\super [372]} So he hoped that Jesus would do a miracle.

John 12:21

These Greek people went to Philip. (Philip was from Bethsaida, in Galilee.) The Greek people said, “Sir, we want to meet Jesus.”