Luke 19:4 - Easy To Read Version

⁴ So he ran to a place where he knew Jesus would come. Then Zacchaeus climbed a sycamore tree so he could see Jesus.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴ And he ran before, and climbed up into a sycomore tree to see him: for he was to pass that way.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴ So he ran on ahead and climbed up in a sycamore tree in order to see Him, for He was about to pass that way.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴ And he ran on before, and climbed up into a sycomore tree to see him: for he was to pass that way.

Common English Bible

⁴ So he ran ahead and climbed up a sycamore tree so he could see Jesus, who was about to pass that way.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴ And running ahead, he climbed up a sycamore tree, so that he might see him. For he was to pass near there.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁴ And running before, he climbed up into a sycamore tree, that he might see him; for he was to pass that way.

Luke 19:4 Cross References

1 Kings 10:27

The king made Israel very rich. In the city of Jerusalem, silver was as common as rocks and cedar wood was as common as the many, many fig trees growing on the hills.

1 Chronicles 27:28

Baal Hanan from Geder was in charge of\par the olive trees and sycamore trees\par in the western hill country.\par Joash was in charge of storing\par the olive oil.\par

2 Chronicles 1:15

In Jerusalem, Solomon gathered a lot of gold and silver. There was so much gold and silver that it was as common as rocks. Solomon gathered a lot of cedar wood. There was so much cedar that it was as common as sycamore trees in the western hill country.

2 Chronicles 9:27

King Solomon had so much silver that it was as common as rocks in Jerusalem. And he had so much cedar wood that it was as common as sycamore trees in the hill country.

Psalm 78:47

God used hail to destroy their vines.\par And he used sleet to destroy their trees.\par

Isaiah 9:10

“These bricks might fall, but we will build again. And we will build with \{strong\} stone. These small trees might be chopped down. But we will put new trees there. And the new trees will be large, strong trees.”

Amos 7:14

Then Amos answered Amaziah, “I am not a professional prophet. And I am not from a prophet’s family. I keep cattle and take care of sycamore trees.

Luke 17:6

The Lord said, “If your faith is as big as a mustard seed, {\cf2\super [270]} then you can say to this mulberry tree, ‘Dig yourself up and plant yourself in the ocean!’ And the tree will obey you.

Luke 19:3

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.

Luke 19:5

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.”

Luke 5:19

But there were so many people that the men could not find a way to Jesus. So the men went up on the roof and lowered the crippled man down through a hole in the ceiling. They lowered the mat \{into the room\} so that the crippled man was lying before Jesus.