When Yeshua came to the place, he looked up and saw him, and said to him, “Zacchaeus, hurry and come down, for today I must stay at your house.”
Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work, nor plan, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol, where you are going.
“‘“When I passed by you, and saw you wallowing in your blood, I said to you, ‘Though you are in your blood, live!’ Yes, I said to you, ‘Though you are in your blood, live!’
For the Son of Man came to seek and to save that which was lost.”
There was a man named Zacchaeus. He was a chief tax collector, and he was rich.
He ran on ahead and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see him, for he was going to pass that way.
He hurried, came down, and received him joyfully.
Nathanael said to him, “How do you know me?” Yeshua answered him, “Before Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you.”
Yeshua answered him, “If a man loves me, he will keep my word. My Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him.
Working together, we entreat also that you do not receive the grace of God in vain.
that Messiah may dwell in your hearts through faith, to the end that you, being rooted and grounded in love,
Don’t forget to show hospitality to strangers, for in doing so, some have entertained angels without knowing it.
Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, then I will come in to him and will dine with him, and he with me.