1. Jesus was passing through Jericho.
2. A man named Zacchaeus was there. He was the director of tax collectors, and he was rich.
3. He tried to see who Jesus was. But Zacchaeus was a small man, and he couldn’t see Jesus because of the crowd.
4. So Zacchaeus ran ahead and climbed a fig tree to see Jesus, who was coming that way.
5. When Jesus came to the tree, he looked up and said, “Zacchaeus, come down! I must stay at your house today.”
6. Zacchaeus came down and was glad to welcome Jesus into his home.
7. But the people who saw this began to express disapproval. They said, “He went to be the guest of a sinner.”