Loving the Unloveable

1 He (A) entered Jericho and was passing through.

2 And there was a man called by the name of Zaccheus; he was a chief tax collector and he was rich.

3 Zaccheus was trying to see who Jesus was, and was unable because of the crowd, for he was small in stature.

4 So he ran on ahead and climbed up into a (B) sycamore tree in order to see Him, for He was about to pass through that way.

5 When Jesus came to the place, He looked up and said to him, "Zaccheus, hurry and come down, for today I must stay at your house."

6 And he hurried and came down and received Him gladly.

7 When they saw it, they all began to grumble, saying, "He has gone to be the guest of a man who is a sinner."

8 Zaccheus stopped and said to (C) the LORD, "Behold, LORD, half of my possessions I will give to the poor, and if I have (D) defrauded anyone of anything, I will give back (E) four times as much."

9 And Jesus said to him, "Today salvation has come to this house, because he, too, is (F) a son of Abraham.

10 "For (G) the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost."

-Luke 19:1-10