There was a man named Zacchaeus. He was a chief tax collector, and he was rich.
Parallel translations
- KJV And, behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus, which was the chief among the publicans, and he was rich.
- BSB And there was a man named Zacchaeus, a chief tax collector, who was very wealthy.
- ESV And behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus. He was a chief tax collector and was rich.
- NKJV Now behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus who was a chief tax collector, and he was rich.
- NASB And there was a man called by the name of Zaccheus; he was a chief tax collector and he was rich.
- NLT There was a man there named Zacchaeus. He was the chief tax collector in the region, and he had become very rich.
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Cross-references · 2
- Luke 18:24–27Jesus, seeing that he became very sad, said, “How hard it is for those who have riches to enter into God’s Kingdom!
- 2 Chr 17:5–6Therefore Yahweh established the kingdom in his hand. All Judah brought tribute to Jehoshaphat, and he had riches and honor in abundance.
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