4-16 “Blessed Repentance” (Luke 19:1-10)

• (1-4) Holy Curiosity
• (5-7) Humble Conviction
• (8-10) Happy Conversion

Luke 19:1-10
1  Then Jesus entered and passed through Jericho.
2  Now behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus who was a chief tax collector, and he was rich.
3  And he sought to see who Jesus was, but could not because of the crowd, for he was of short stature.
4  So he ran ahead and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see Him, for He was going to pass that way.

5  And when Jesus came to the place, He looked up and saw him, and said to him, “Zacchaeus, make haste and come down, for today I must stay at your house.”
6  So he made haste and came down, and received Him joyfully.
7  But when they saw it, they all complained, saying, “He has gone to be a guest with a man who is a sinner.”

8  Then Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, “Look, Lord, I give half of my goods to the poor; and if I have taken anything from anyone by false accusation, I restore fourfold.”
9  And Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, because he also is a son of Abraham;
10  for the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost.”