NARRATOR: Jesus entered Jericho and was passing through the city. There was a man there named Zacchaeus, the chief tax collector and a wealthy man. He was trying to see who Jesus was but, on account of the crowd, he could not because he was short in stature. So he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore tree to see Jesus because he was going to pass that way. When Jesus came to the place, he looked up.
JESUS: Zacchaeus, hurry down, I must stay at your house today.
NARRATOR: He hurried down and welcomed him with delight. When people in the crowd saw this, they began to murmur.
MURMURER: Jesus has gone to be the guest of one who is a sinner.
NARRATOR: Zacchaeus spoke to Jesus.
ZACCHAEUS: I will give half my possessions, Lord, to the poor. If I have defrauded anyone of anything, I will pay back four times as much.
JESUS: Today salvation has come to this house for he, too, is a son of Abraham. The Son of Man has come to seek out and save the lost.
Luke 19.1-10
Sunday Readings: Wisdom 11.22-12.2; 2 Thessalonians 1.11-2.2; Luke 19.1-10