🌳 Jesus Sees Zacchaeus

Luke 19:1–10 · Jesus sees me and loves me.

📖 The story

Zacchaeus was a short man who took too much money from people, so nobody liked him. When Jesus came to town, Zacchaeus climbed a tree to see over the crowd. Jesus stopped, looked up, called him by name and came to his house! Zacchaeus' heart changed, and he gave back what he had taken, and more.

🤩 Fun facts

Zacchaeus was the chief tax collector in Jericho, and he was very rich.
He climbed a sycamore-fig tree to see Jesus.
Jesus already knew his name!
He gave half of his things to the poor and paid people back four times as much.

✨ Memory verse ✨

"For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost."

Luke 19:10 (NIV)

💬 Talk about it

For grown-ups and kids together, after watching

Have you ever felt left out or invisible?
How do you think Zacchaeus felt when Jesus called his name?
Who could you be kind to, like Jesus was to Zacchaeus?

🙏 Let's pray: Dear Jesus, thank you that you always see me and know my name. Help me notice people who feel left out. Amen.

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