Repentant, Redeemed, Reconciled

 

Zacchaeus was a wee little man, and a wee little man was he, but true repentance is known by the effect.

Jesus entered Jericho and was passing through. [2] And behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus. Zacchaeus was a chief tax collector and was rich. [3] And he was seeking to see who Jesus was, but on account of the crowd he could not, because Zacchaeus was small in stature. [4] So he ran on ahead and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see him, for Jesus was about to pass that way. [5] And when Jesus came to the place, he looked up and said to him, “Zacchaeus, hurry and come down, for I must stay at your house today.”

 

Repentance 

 

[6] So he hurried and came down and received him joyfully. [7] And when the crowd saw it, they all grumbled, “Jesus has gone in to be the guest of a man who is a sinner.” [8] And Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, “Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor. And if I have defrauded anyone of anything, I restore it fourfold.” [9] And Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, since he also is a son of Abraham. [10] For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”