Luke 19:1-4 Part 2 of 2

Jesus entered Jericho and made his way through the town. There was a man there named Zacchaeus. He was the chief tax collector in the region, and he had become very rich. He tried to get a look at Jesus, but he was too short to see over the crowd. So he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore-fig tree beside the road, for Jesus was going to pass that way.

There was a man there named Zacchaeus. He was the chief tax collector in the region, and he had become very rich.

Matthew 5:46  "If you love only those who love you, what reward is there for that? Even corrupt tax collectors do that much." (see verses 43-38)

Mark 2:14  As he walked along, he saw Levi son of Alphaeus sitting at his tax collector's booth. "Follow me and be my disciple," Jesus said to him. So Levi got up and followed him. (see verses 14-17)

Luke 3:12  Even corrupt tax collectors came to be baptized and asked, "Teacher, what should we do?" (see verses 1-14)

 

He tried to get a look at Jesus, but he was too short to see over the crowd. So he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore-fig tree beside the road, 

1 Kings 10:27  The king made silver as plentiful in Jerusalem as stone. And valuable cedar timber was as common as the sycamore-fig trees that grow in the foothills of Judah. (see verses 14-29)

1 Chronicles 27-28  Baal-haven from Geder was in charge of the king's olive groves and sycamore-fig trees in the foothills of Judah. (see verses 25-34)

Psalm 78:47  He (God) destroyed their grapevines with hail and shattered their sycamore-figs with sleet. (see all Psalm 78)

Isaiah 9:10  They said, "We will replace the broken bricks of our ruins with finished stone, and replant the felled sycamore-fig trees with cedars." (see verses 8-21)

Amos 7:14  But Amos replied, "I'm not a professional prophet, and I was never trained to be one. I'm just a shepherd, and I take care of sycamore-fig trees." (see verses 7-17)

 

for Jesus was going to pass that way. 

Matthew 20:30  Two blind men were sitting beside the road. When they heard that Jesus was coming that way, they began shouting, "Lord, Son of David, have mercy on us!" (see verses 29-34)

Mark 10:47  When Bartimaeus heard that Jesus of Nazareth was nearby, he began to shout, "Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!" (see verses 46-52)

Luke 18:37  They told him that Jesus the Nazarene was going by. (see verses 35-43)                                  

 

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