NARRATOR 1: Jesus entered Jericho and began to go through the city.
NARRATOR 2: A man named Zacchaeus lived there, a chief tax collector, who was very rich
NARRATOR 1: He wanted to see who Jesus was, but he couldn’t see among the crowd because he was small in size. Zacchaeus ran ahead and climbed a sycamore tree, so that he could see Jesus, who was about to go that way.
NARRATOR 2: When Jesus came to the tree, he looked up and saw Zacchaeus.
JESUS: Zacchaeus, hurry down. Today I mean to stay at your house.
NARRATOR 1: Hurrying, Zacchaeus came down and welcomed Jesus, rejoicing.
NARRATOR 2: All who saw this complained.
CROWD: Jesus has gone to stay with a sinful man.
NARRATOR 1: Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord:
ZACCHAEUS: I will give half my belongings, Lord, to the poor. If I have defrauded anyone in the least, I will repay the person back fourfold.
JESUS: Today salvation came to this house, for this man is a real son of Abraham. The Son of Man has come to search out and save what was lost.
Luke 19.1-10