And Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, because he also is a son of Abraham;
Parallel translations
- WEB Jesus said to him, “Today, salvation has come to this house, because he also is a son of Abraham.
- KJV And Jesus said unto him, This day is salvation come to this house, forsomuch as he also is a son of Abraham.
- BSB Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, because this man too is a son of Abraham.
- NASB And Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, because he, too, is a son of Abraham.
- NLT Jesus responded, “Salvation has come to this home today, for this man has shown himself to be a true son of Abraham.
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Quick answer
Jesus declares that salvation has come to Zacchaeus's house, for he too is a son of Abraham. Salvation belongs to faith, not to outward respectability.
Overview
By calling this despised tax collector a true "son of Abraham," Jesus affirms that the children of the promise are those who share Abraham's faith, not merely his bloodline. Salvation has come not because Zacchaeus gave away his goods, but his giving evidences the salvation already received. The story embodies the gospel: grace transforms the outcast and grants him a place among God's people.
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Cross-references · 13
- Gal 3:7Know therefore that those who are of faith, the same are children of Abraham.
- Luke 13:16Ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan had bound eighteen long years, be freed from this bondage on the Sabbath day?”
- Rom 4:16For this cause it is of faith, that it may be according to grace, to the end that the promise may be sure to all the offspring, not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all.
- Acts 16:30–32brought them out, and said, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?”
- Gal 3:29If you are Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s offspring and heirs according to promise.
- 1 Pet 2:10who in time past were no people, but now are God’s people, who had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.
- John 4:38–42I sent you to reap that for which you haven’t labored. Others have labored, and you have entered into their labor.”
- Luke 3:8Therefore produce fruits worthy of repentance, and don’t begin to say among yourselves, ‘We have Abraham for our father;’ for I tell you that God is able to raise up children to Abraham from these stones!
- Luke 2:30for my eyes have seen your salvation,
- Gal 3:14that the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Christ Jesus; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.
- Rom 4:11–12He received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had while he was in uncircumcision, that he might be the father of all those who believe, though they might be in uncircumcision, that righteousness might also be accounted to them.
- 1 Cor 6:9–11Or don’t you know that the unrighteous will not inherit God’s Kingdom? Don’t be deceived. Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor male prostitutes, nor homosexuals,
- Luke 13:30Behold, there are some who are last who will be first, and there are some who are first who will be last.”
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