Jesus Visits Zacchaeus

19 He entered Jericho and was passing through. ² There was a man named Zacchaeus who was a chief tax collector, and he was rich. ³ He was trying to see who Jesus was, but he was not able because of the crowd, since he was a short man. ⁴ So running ahead, he climbed up a sycamore tree to see Jesus, since he was about to pass that way. ⁵ When Jesus came to the place, he looked up and said to him, “Zacchaeus, hurry and come down because today it is necessary for me to stay at your house.”

⁶ So he quickly came down and welcomed him joyfully. ⁷ All who saw it began to complain,^(A) “He’s gone to stay with a sinful man.”

⁸ But Zacchaeus stood there and said to the Lord, “Look, I’ll give half of my possessions to the poor,^(B) Lord. And if I have extorted^(C) anything from anyone, I’ll pay back four times as much.”^(D)

⁹ “Today salvation^(E) has come to this house,” Jesus told him, “because he too is a son of Abraham.^{(F) 10} For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save the lost.”^(G)

¹⁰ Love consists in this: not that we loved God, but that he loved us^(A) and sent his Son to be the atoning sacrifice^[a](B) for our sins.

²² For we know that the whole creation has been groaning together with labor pains^(A) until now. ²³ Not only that,^(B) but we ourselves who have the Spirit as the firstfruits^(C)—we also groan within ourselves,^(D) eagerly waiting for adoption,^(E) the redemption of our bodies.^{(F) 24} Now in this hope^(G) we were saved, but hope^(H) that is seen is not hope, because who hopes for what he sees? ²⁵ Now if we hope for what we do not see,^(I) we eagerly wait for it with patience.

²⁶ In the same way the Spirit also helps us in our weakness, because we do not know what to pray for as we should,^(J) but the Spirit himself intercedes for us^[a](K) with inexpressible groanings. ²⁷ And he who searches our hearts^(L) knows the mind of the Spirit, because he intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.

²⁸ We know that all things work together^[b] for the good^[c] of those who love God, who are called according to his purpose.^(M)