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Luke 19:10 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" For the Son of Man came to seek and to save that which was lost.” "
Luke 19:10
Verse in Context
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8 Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, “Behold, Lord, half of my goods I give to the poor. If I have wrongfully exacted anything of anyone, I restore four times as much.”
9 Jesus said to him, “Today, salvation has come to this house, because he also is a son of Abraham.
10 For the Son of Man came to seek and to save that which was lost.”
11 As they heard these things, he went on and told a parable, because he was near Jerusalem, and they supposed that God’s Kingdom would be revealed immediately.
12 He said therefore, “A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom and to return.
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Luke 19:1
"He entered and was passing through Jericho."
Luke 19:2
"There was a man named Zacchaeus. He was a chief tax collector, and he was rich."
Luke 19:3
"He was trying to see who Jesus was, and couldn’t because of the crowd, because he was short."
Luke 19:4
"He ran on ahead and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see him, for he was going to pass that way."
Luke 19:5
"When Jesus came to the place, he looked up and saw him, and said to him, “Zacchaeus, hurry and come down, for today I must stay at your house.”"
Luke 19:6
"He hurried, came down, and received him joyfully."
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