Luke 19:9 - Plain English Version

⁹ Then Jesus told everybody there, “Listen. Today, right now, God saved this man, and everybody at his place too. You see, this man is one of God’s people now, just like Abraham, because he believes in me just like Abraham believed in God.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁹ And Jesus said unto him, This day is salvation come to this house, forsomuch as he also is a son of Abraham.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁹ And Jesus said to him, Today is [Messianic and spiritual] salvation come to [all the members of] this household, since Zacchaeus too is a [real spiritual] son of Abraham;

American Standard Version (1901)

⁹ And Jesus said unto him, To-day is salvation come to this house, forasmuch as he also is a son of Abraham.

Common English Bible

⁹ Jesus said to him, “Today, salvation has come to this household because he too is a son of Abraham.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁹ Jesus said to him: "Today, salvation has come to this house; because of this, he too is a son of Abraham.

Luke 19:9 Cross References

Luke 13:16

Now look at this woman here. She belongs to Abraham’s family. But 18 years ago, Satan, the boss over the bad spirits, he made her back crooked. It’s like he has kept her tied up with this problem for 18 years. So why can’t I untie her, even on our rest day?”

Luke 16:24

So he yelled out loud. He said, ‘Grand-father Abraham, this fire is hurting me a lot. Feel sorry for me, and send Lazarus to bring some water to me, and put his finger in it and then put it on my tongue, to cool it a little bit.’

Luke 16:30

The rich man said, ‘But Grand-father Abraham, my brothers don’t take any notice of God’s book. But if a dead man will come alive again and talk to them, they will take notice of him. Then they will stop doing bad things, and turn around, and do good things.’

Luke 2:30

because now I can see the one that you promised to send. People in every tribe will see him, and he will save them.

Romans 4:16

So it is important that we trust God, just like Abraham trusted God. It doesn’t matter if we are Jewish or not Jewish. If we believe God, like Abraham did, we belong to his family, like he is our grand-father.

Galatians 3:14

So now the people that are not Jews can get the good things from God that he said he will give to Abraham’s family. And if we believe in Jesus Christ, God will give us his spirit, just like he promised.

Galatians 3:29

You belong to Jesus Christ, so you are in Abraham’s family, and you will get everything that God promised to Abraham.

Galatians 3:7

And from that you can understand that Abraham’s real family are the people that believe God, like Abraham did.

1 Peter 2:10

At one time you were not God’s family, but now, you are his family. At one time you didn’t understand that God is very good, but now you know that he is. He felt sorry for you, and he was very good to you. He saved you.