The Bible story
Zacchaeus in the Sycamore Tree
Zacchaeus was a rich chief tax collector in Jericho. He was too short to see Jesus over the crowd, so he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore tree. Jesus stopped, called him by name and went to his house, and Zacchaeus promised to give half of what he owned to the poor and to pay back four times anyone he had cheated.
When Jesus came to that place, He looked up and said, “Zacchaeus, hurry down, for I must stay at your house today.”
— Luke 19:5 (BSB)
Read the whole story: Luke 19:1–10
