So he quickly came down and welcomed Him joyfully.
You welcome the one who joyfully does what is right; they remember You in Your ways. But we have sinned, and You were angry. How can we be saved if we remain in our sins?
When Jesus came to the place, He looked up and said to him, “Zacchaeus, hurry and come down because today I must stay at your house.”
All who saw it began to complain, “He’s gone to lodge with a sinful man! ”
They hurried off and found both Mary and Joseph, and the baby who was lying in the feeding trough.
Then Levi hosted a grand banquet for Him at his house. Now there was a large crowd of tax collectors and others who were guests with them.
After she and her household were baptized, she urged us, “If you consider me a believer in the Lord, come and stay at my house.” And she persuaded us.
He brought them into his house, set a meal before them, and rejoiced because he had believed God with his entire household.
So those who accepted his message were baptized, and that day about 3,000 people were added to them.