READER 1	Jesus entered Jericho and was passing through.
READER 2	A man was there by the name of Zacchaeus;
READER 3	he was a chief tax collector and was wealthy.
READER 1	He wanted to see who Jesus was, but being a short man he could not, because of the crowd.
READER 1	He wanted to see who Jesus was,
READER 2	but being a short man he could not,
READER 3	because of the crowd.
READER 1	So he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore-fig tree to see him, since Jesus was coming that way.
READER 2	When Jesus reached the spot, he looked up and said to him,
READER 3	"Zacchaeus, come down immediately. I must stay at your house today."
READER 1	Zacchaeus,
READER 2	come down immediately.
READER 3	I must stay at your house today.
READER 1	So he came down at once and welcomed him gladly.
READER 2	All the people saw this and began to mutter, "He has gone to be the guest of a 'sinner.' "
READER 3	But Zacchaeus stood up and said to the Lord,
READER 1	"Look, Lord! Here and now I give half of my possessions to the poor,
READER 2	and if I have cheated anybody out of anything, I will pay back four times the amount."
READER 1	Look, Lord! Here and now I give half of my possessions to the poor,
READER 2	and if I have cheated anybody out of anything,
READER 3	I will pay back four times the amount.
READER 1	Jesus said to him, Today salvation has come to this house,
READER 2	because this man, too, is a son of Abraham.
READER 3	For the Son of Man came to seek and to save what was lost.
READER 1	For the Son of Man came
READER 2	to seek and to save
READER 3	what was lost.