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Zacchaeus was a wealthy, conniving tax collector. When he climbed a tree to see Jesus, Jesus saw him and invited him to come ...

Jesus was passing through Jericho. There was a chief tax collector there named Zacchaeus, who was rich. Zacchaeus was a little man, and wanted to see Jesus, so he climbed a sycamore tree.