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Who Was Zacchaeus?
In short
Zacchaeus was a wealthy but despised tax collector, so short that he climbed a tree just to catch sight of Jesus passing by. To everyone's surprise, Jesus called him down by name and went to his house.
That encounter changed everything: Zacchaeus gave back all he had cheated, fourfold. Jesus had come, He said, to seek and to save the lost.
“For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.”
Luke 19:10 · King James Version (public domain)
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