Luke 19:5

Plain English Version

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.”

Cross References

Luke 19:10

I am God’s special man from heaven, and I came to earth to look for people that went wrong and got lost, so that I can save them.”

Luke 19:2

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.

Luke 19:4

So he ran up the road ahead of Jesus and climbed up into a tree, and he saw Jesus from up high in that tree.

Luke 19:6

Then Zakias was very happy, and he came down quickly, and he took Jesus to his house.

John 1:48

Nathaniel asked Jesus, “How do you know me?” Jesus said, “I knew you even before Philip found you. I saw you while you were under that fruit tree.”

John 14:23

Jesus said, “If anyone loves me, they will do whatever I tell them. And my father will love them, and we will come and live with them.

Ephesians 3:17

I pray that you will trust Jesus Christ properly, so that he will live inside you. I pray that you will always love God properly, and that you will always love other people too, so that you will always keep standing strong for him, like the roots of a tree always keep it standing up strong.