Luke 19:2 - Plain English Version

² A very rich man lived there. His name was Zakias. His job was to get tax money from the people and give it to the government, and he was the boss over some other tax men too. Sometimes tax men cheated people and kept some money for themselves, so nobody liked them.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

² And, behold, there was a man named Zacchæus, which was the chief among the publicans, and he was rich.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² And there was a man called Zacchaeus, a chief tax collector, and [he was] rich.

American Standard Version (1901)

² And behold, a man called by name Zacchæus; and he was a chief publican, and he was rich.

Common English Bible

² A man there named Zacchaeus, a ruler among tax collectors, was rich.

Catholic Public Domain Version

² And behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus. And he was the leader of the tax collectors, and he was wealthy.

Luke 19:2 Cross References

Luke 19:1

Jesus went to a town called Jericho. He went into that town and started to go through it.

Luke 19:3

Zakias wanted to see Jesus, but he was a short man, and there were a lot of people around Jesus, and they got in his way and blocked him, so he couldn’t see Jesus.

Luke 19:5

When Jesus got to that tree, he looked up and saw Zakias, and he said to him, “Zakias. Come down here. And hurry. I want to go and stay at your house today.”