He wanted to see who Jesus was, but because he was short he could not see over the crowd.
Some women were watching from a distance. Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James the younger and of Joseph, and Salome.
Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to your life?
A man was there by the name of Zacchaeus; he was a chief tax collector and was wealthy.
So he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore-fig tree to see him, since Jesus was coming that way.
When Herod saw Jesus, he was greatly pleased, because for a long time he had been wanting to see him. From what he had heard about him, he hoped to see him perform a sign of some sort.
They came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, with a request. “Sir,” they said, “we would like to see Jesus.”