Scripture's Story for the Week
Zacchaeus Reconciles
With God and Men
Luke 19:1-9
In this story, Jesus inspires some serious life change and hard-core reconciliation. How would you respond to this event as one whom Zaccheaus comes to repay concerning what he stole from you? Take in the story as one who benefits from this act of reconciling that Zaccheaus performs. How would you view him – and Jesus?
Luke 19:1-9
Zacchaeus the Tax Collector
All the people saw [Jesus go into the house of Zacchaeus, the tax collector] and began to mutter, “He has gone to
be the guest of a sinner.” Luke 19:7
1 Jesus entered Jericho and was passing through. 2 A man was there by the name of Zacchaeus; he was a chief tax collector and was wealthy. 3 He wanted to see who Jesus was, but because he was short he could not see over the crowd. 4 So he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore-fig tree to see him, since Jesus was coming that way.
5 When Jesus reached the spot, he looked up and said to him, “Zacchaeus, come down immediately. I must stay at your house today.” 6 So he came down at once and welcomed him gladly.
7 All the people saw this and began to mutter, “He has gone to be the guest of a sinner.”
8 But Zacchaeus stood up and said to the Lord, “Look, Lord! Here and now I give half of my possessions to the poor, and if I have cheated anybody out of anything, I will pay back four times the amount.”
9 Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, because this man, too, is a son of Abraham.
Prayer Prompt for the Day
In this story, Jesus inspires some serious life change and hard-core reconciliation. How would you respond to this event as one whom Zaccheaus comes to repay concerning what he stole from you? Take in the story as one who benefits from this act of reconciling that Zaccheaus performs. How would you view him – and Jesus?
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