Luke 19:4

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So he ran on ahead and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see him, because Jesus was going to pass that way.

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  • 1 Kgs 10:27 : 27 The king made silver as plentiful in Jerusalem as stones; cedar was as plentiful as sycamore fig trees are in the foothills.
  • 1 Chr 27:28 : 28 Baal-Hanan the Gederite was in charge of the olive and sycamore trees in the foothills; Joash was in charge of the storehouses of olive oil.
  • Isa 9:10 : 10 “The bricks have fallen, but we will rebuild with chiseled stone; the sycamore fig trees have been cut down, but we will replace them with cedars.”
  • Amos 7:14 : 14 Amos replied to Amaziah,“I was not a prophet by profession. No, I was a herdsman who also took care of sycamore fig trees.
  • Luke 5:19 : 19 But since they found no way to carry him in because of the crowd, they went up on the roof and let him down on the stretcher through the roof tiles right in front of Jesus.
  • Ps 78:47 : 47 He destroyed their vines with hail, and their sycamore-fig trees with driving rain.

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    1Jesus and Zacchaeus Jesus entered Jericho and was passing through it.

    2Now a man named Zacchaeus was there; he was a chief tax collector and was rich.

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  • Luke 19:5-10
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    5And when Jesus came to that place, he looked up and said to him,“Zacchaeus, come down quickly, because I must stay at your house today.”

    6So he came down quickly and welcomed Jesus joyfully.

    7And when the people saw it, they all complained,“He has gone in to be the guest of a man who is a sinner.”

    8But Zacchaeus stopped and said to the Lord,“Look, Lord, half of my possessions I now give to the poor, and if I have cheated anyone of anything, I am paying back four times as much!”

    9Then Jesus said to him,“Today salvation has come to this household, because he too is a son of Abraham!

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    28The Triumphal Entry After Jesus had said this, he continued on ahead, going up to Jerusalem.

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  • 24Regaining his sight he said,“I see people, but they look like trees walking.”

  • 30But he passed through the crowd and went on his way.

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