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He is also very short. He wants to see Jesus as He passes through the center of town, but he can’t get a glimpse because the crowd blocks his view. So he runs ahead of the crowd and climbs up into a sycamore tree so he can see Jesus when He passes beneath him.

Jesus comes along and looks up into the tree[, and there He sees Zaccheus].[a]

Jesus: Zaccheus, hurry down from that tree because I need to stay at your house tonight.

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Footnotes

  1. 19:5 The earliest manuscripts omit this portion.

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