When Jesus came to that place, he looked up and saw him. Then he said to him, “Zacchaeus, hurry and come down, for I must stay at yoʋr house today.”
For the Son of Man came to seek and save the lost.”
And behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus. He was a chief tax collector, who was rich.
So he ran on ahead and climbed a sycamore tree so that he could see him, because Jesus was about to pass by that way.
So he hurried down and received Jesus with joy.
Nathanael said to him, “How do yoʋ know me?” Jesus answered him, “Before Philip called yoʋ, when yoʋ were under the fig tree, I saw yoʋ.”
Jesus answered him, “If anyone loves me, he will keep my word. My Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him.
As God's fellow workers, we urge you not to receive the grace of God in vain.
so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith,
Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by showing hospitality some have hosted angels without knowing it.
Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with me.