Luke 19:5-10

Rachel Workman: ⁵ When Jesus came by, he looked up at Zacchaeus and called him by name. “Zacchaeus!” he said. “Quick, come down! I must be a guest in your home today.”

⁶ Zacchaeus quickly climbed down and took Jesus to his house in great excitement and joy. ⁷ But the people were displeased. “He has gone to be the guest of a notorious sinner,” they grumbled.

⁸ Meanwhile, Zacchaeus stood before the Lord and said, “I will give half my wealth to the poor, Lord, and if I have cheated people on their taxes, I will give them back four times as much!”

⁹ Jesus responded, “Salvation has come to this home today, for this man has shown himself to be a true son of Abraham. ¹⁰ For the Son of Man^[a] came to seek and save those who are lost.”

I'll never deserve what Christ has already done for me. It's very humbling to think that Christ came to seek us and save us.

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John Burnett:  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 ^[a]gladly. ⁷ When they saw it, they all began to grumble, saying, “He has gone ^[b]to be the guest of a man who is a sinner.” ⁸ Zaccheus stopped and said to the Lord, “Behold, Lord, half of my possessions I ^[c]will give to the poor, and if I have defrauded anyone of anything, I ^[d]will give back four times as much.” ⁹ And Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, because he, too, is a son of Abraham. ¹⁰ For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost.”  Was Zaccheus saved because he gave half of his possessions to the poor?  I don’t think so.  I believe it is because he called Jesus, Lord and to prove he no longer trusted his riches and trusted Jesus alone, Zaccheus gave half of his possessions away.  Have a great spring break.

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There will be no reading next week. We will pick up again on March 19^th. Monday’s reading for Luke 19:11-14

¹¹ The crowd was listening to everything Jesus said. And because he was nearing Jerusalem, he told them a story to correct the impression that the Kingdom of God would begin right away. ¹² He said, “A nobleman was called away to a distant empire to be crowned king and then return. ¹³ Before he left, he called together ten of his servants and divided among them ten pounds of silver,^[b] saying, ‘Invest this for me while I am gone.’ ¹⁴ But his people hated him and sent a delegation after him to say, ‘We do not want him to be our king.’