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Hi everyone. 
Welcome back to the logical 

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Bible study podcast, our goal 
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that you can listen to before or
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That helps you understand the 
daily gospel readings. 

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So we're doing a verse by verse 
exegesis of the literal sense of

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scripture. 
What does it mean in its 

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original? 
Text today, if you go to mass, 

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you would hear from Luke 
chapter, 19 verses 1 to 10 and 

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it's the famous story of 
Zacchaeus. 

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So let's see if we can learn 
some new things from the 

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Zacchaeus story. 
Here's the text Jesus entered 

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Jericho and was going through 
the town when a man whose name 

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was Zacchaeus, made his 
appearance, he was one of the 

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senior tax collectors and a 
wealthy man. 

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He was anxious to see what kind 
of man Jesus was but He was too 

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short and could not see him for 
the crowd. 

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So he ran ahead and climbed a 
sycamore tree to catch a glimpse

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of Jesus, who has surpassed that
way when Jesus reached the spot,

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he looked up and spoke to him, 
Zacchaeus come down. 

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How are you? 
Because I must stay at your 

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house today. 
Any hurry down and welcomed him.

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Joyfully they all complained. 
When they saw what was 

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happening, he has gone to stay 
at a sinner's house, they said, 

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but Zacchaeus stood his ground 
and said to the Lord look sir, I

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am going to give half my 
property to the poor and if I 

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have cheated anybody I will pay 
him back four times the amount 

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And Jesus said to him today, 
salvation has come to this house

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because this man, too is a son 
of Abraham for the son of man 

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has come to seek out and save 
what was lost. 

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So, what's the context here at 
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Jesus is moving From Galilee to 
Jerusalem. 

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He's getting ready for the final
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And as he moves towards 
Jerusalem, he stops and does 

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Ministry along the way. 
He's getting very close to 

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Jerusalem. 
Now, he's been joining there for

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a long time in Luke, and we're 
getting very close to his 

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arrival in Jerusalem. 
This particular scene, we have 

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only appears in Luke, the 
Zacchaeus story, as famous as it

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is, is actually only in Luke's 
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So verse 1, Jesus entered 
Jericho. 

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So let's talk about the city of 
Jericho. 

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This is 17 miles Northeast of 
Jerusalem. 

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If you look at a map, you can 
see where this is and it was a 

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major city at the time and it's 
still there today. 

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Actually still quite near 
Jerusalem. 

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So it says his Jesus is going 
through the town. 

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What it literally says there is 
his passing through. 

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So that indicates Jesus probably
meant not to stay too long in 

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Jericho. 
He wanted to keep going towards 

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Jerusalem. 
It's too when a man whose name 

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was Zacchaeus made his 
appearance. 

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So we have here, a man called 
Zacchaeus, he was one of the 

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senior tax collectors and a 
wealthy man. 

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The Greek, there says a chief 
tax collector, so as you 

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probably know the tax collectors
were Jews, who were employed by 

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the Romans, whose job was to 
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The Jews hated the Romans, and 
they really hated Tax Collectors

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more. 
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because they work for the Romans
and they All people with money 

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and they were just considered to
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Basically, they will consider to
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it's a Jew. 
Who's decided to work for? 

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For the Romans? 
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chief tax collector so that 
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an entire taxing district and 
he's in charge of other Jewish 

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Tax Collectors. 
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at a map here, this chief tax 
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an area where there's a lot of 
Transport. 

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There's a main road that runs 
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And it's also on the border of 
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Roman, controlled province, 
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So there's Jericho and the road 
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place of where there's a lot of 
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commercial transactions 
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This man, Zacchaeus is the chief
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he's probably overseeing the 
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on transported Goods in this 
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He's probably very rich. 
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particular Town verse 3. 
He was so anxious to see what 

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kind of man, Jesus was. 
So this is a man who's genuinely

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curious about Jesus. 
He's heard some things and now 

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he wants to see for himself, but
he was too short and could not 

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see him for the crowd. 
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of this, isn't it? 
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can't see Jesus because there's 
too many people in the crowd. 

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So he's got a predicament, he 
ran ahead and climbed a sycamore

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tree. 
Hurry to catch a glimpse of 

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Jesus, who wants to pass that 
way. 

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So he climbs the tree here to 
see Jesus there might be a link.

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You remember the previous story 
about blind Bartimaeus on the 

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road? 
Blind Bartimaeus, also had 

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trouble with the crowd. 
Here is the key assess trouble 

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with a crowd. 
So Zacchaeus climbed the tree 

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that shows, he's not afraid to 
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He's probably got quite a humble
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Remember early in Lucca? 
Jesus has told the parable of 

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the tax collector and the A 
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tax collector ends up being the 
humble one may be here. 

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We're supposed to see Zacchaeus 
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Collector. 
Someone who's not afraid to make

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a fool of himself in order to 
see Jesus. 

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So, he climbs a sycamore tree. 
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is mentioned and is known that 
probably indicates this 

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information was gotten from an 
eyewitness and a lot of Scholars

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or some Scholars have suggested 
that the eyewitness might be 

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Zacchaeus himself. 
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Interviewed sicarius, and the 
key is gave him this 

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information. 
The sycamore tree has low 

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branches, so it would be ideal 
to climb. 

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And if you go to Jericho today, 
there is a big sycamore tree in 

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the middle of the town, which 
commemorates this incident. 

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It's not the same tree, but it's
their symbolically. 

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To remember what did happen with
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Real town. 
Verse 5, when Jesus reached the 

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spot, he looked up. 
Notice this is a key is doesn't 

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call out or anything. 
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then he reaches the spot where 
the key is is, and he looks up. 

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So apparently Jesus just knows 
that's the case is there. 

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And also he knows what the case 
is name is because what does he 

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say? 
He looks up and says, Zacchaeus 

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come down, hurry because I must 
stay at your house today. 

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So in that culture to dine with 
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meant friendship and acceptance.
Zacchaeus was probably going to 

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be surprised by that. 
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He doesn't expect this amazing 
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his house. 
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Consider him to be a sinner. 
So he surprised because Jesus 

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has said, come down, I must stay
at your house today. 

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Notice the word must I must stay
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It's part of the Divine 
imperative. 

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It's part of Jesus divine. 
Mission. 

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He must stay there. 
That's God's plan for him. 

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Verse 6 is a key is hurried down
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So Zach, Jesus enters the cases,
house is probably quite a nice 

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house because he's a wealthy tax
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It's the same word that's used 
in. 

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Genesis 18 verse 6, when Abraham
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remember in Genesis, when 
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visitors, the three visitors and
he quickly has to get some food 

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together. 
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used this idea of welcoming a 
Divine guests and there might be

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a link there. 
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this particular incident because
Abraham is about to be mentioned

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specifically. 
This particular incident, Luke 

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may have included as some sort 
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Abraham verse 7. 
They all complained. 

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When they saw what was 
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at a sinner's house. 
They said so this would have 

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been a scandal to the Jews who 
are watching this take place. 

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Tax Collectors were considered 
to be notorious Sinners for 

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Jesus. 
A great Rabbi to stay at the 

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house of a tax collector that's 
scandalous. 

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They think that should not 
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So the Jewish people here and 
probably the Pharisees in 

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particular there grumbling like 
the generation in the wilderness

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in the Old Testament, they 
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It's a similar kind of thing 
here, they complain by this 

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point in Luca, his readers 
should be prepared for this 

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scene though, as surprising as 
it was. 

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Jesus for the original audience 
here in Jericho for Luke's 

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readers. 
They probably weren't 

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particularly surprised because 
by now, Jesus has already told 

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the parable of the tax collector
and The Sinner in chapter 18. 

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And in that Parable, the tax 
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As a righteous person, the Jews 
believe that the Messiah would 

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come basically to bring 
righteous people, their reward 

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and punish the Sinners. 
So, if there's people in the 

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crowd who were thinking Jesus 
might be the Messiah, it's very 

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surprising that he would choose 
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because they believed the 
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not, welcome them. 
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ground now. 
All it really says in the Greek 

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is stood. 
So it's like he's going to make 

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a speech. 
Remember he were in the house 

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now, so he's making his speech 
in his own house. 

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Something must have happened to 
him during the meal. 

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The convinced him that Jesus 
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He has a moment of conversion 
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genuinely repent. 
He's been led to genuine 

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repentance. 
So he stands And he says to 

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Jesus look sir, I'm going to 
sell half of my property to the 

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poor and if I have cheated 
anybody I will pay him back four

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times the amount. 
So he promises here to sell half

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his possessions to the poor. 
That's quite remarkable because 

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he's a rich man and then he also
makes restitution for times over

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for anyone. 
He has cheated as part of his 

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tax collecting, and he probably 
has cheated people in his tax 

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collecting the law. 
It seems, if we read the law, 

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the old Testament law correctly.
In this situation, you would 

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only be required to pay back 
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If you look at Leviticus 5 verse
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would be the appropriate way to 
pay back someone that you've 

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cheated. 
There are some passages though. 

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That's a the maximum you should 
give back his four or five times

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the amount. 
So it seems here that the case 

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goes for the maximum he says I'm
going to give myself the biggest

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Penance. 
I'm going to pay back four or 

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five times as Much to anyone. 
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So he's going to lose a lot of 
money now, he's going to have to

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pay a lot of people G. 
We know that Jesus says the true

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repentance requires works. 
So this here is an example of 

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someone who really is repentant.
His clearly showing his 

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repentance by doing good works 
verse 9. 

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Jesus said to him today, 
salvation has come to this 

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house. 
So Jesus, he declares that this 

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tax collector is truly repented 
today, salvation has come to 

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this house This man has entered 
the kingdom. 

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He is saved. 
That's quite remarkable a chief 

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tax collector enters, the 
kingdom of heaven. 

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And then Jesus says, since he is
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meaning here is something like 
this. 

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This man is a Jew even though 
he's considered to be a sinner 

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and an outcast by Society 
because he works for the Romans,

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he is a son of Abraham, so he 
deserves salvation. 

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If he, if he asks for it and 
Zacchaeus, here is given 

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salvation on this day, he 
repents and he enters the 

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kingdom. 
It's quite a For occasion, 

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actually verse 10. 
Jesus. 

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Finishes by saying the son of 
man came to seek and save what 

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was lost. 
It's quite a beautiful phrase. 

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This is a concise summary of 
Jesus mission. 

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His come to seek and save what 
was lost the meaning in context 

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here is that he's come to focus,
particularly on Jews who were 

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given all of God's promises but 
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Jesus has come for those who got
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have not yet repented so have 
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the Lost coin, The Prodigal Son.
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someone lost who gets found. 
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He is a sinner who repents Jesus
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to God. 
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18 and in fact Jesus says it's a
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here, you can say that Zacchaeus
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Jesus here is presented as the 
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The shepherd who goes seeking 
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If you look at Ezekiel chapter 
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about how one day the Messiah 
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who brings back the lost sheep 
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the Catholic Church, which is a 
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see what it has to say about 
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reparation for Injustice. 
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restitution of stolen goods to 
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Jesus blesses, the key is for 
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If I have defrauded anyone of 
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goods of another are obliged to 
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advantages, there are in a would
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it, assisted in it or receive 
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make restitution in proportion 
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it uses Zacchaeus as an example.
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include this in the show notes, 
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look at it paragraph 588, this 
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Jesus scandalize the Pharisees 
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and sinners as familiarly as 
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those among them who trusted in 
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righteous and despised others. 
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I have not come to call the 
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repentance. 
Paragraph, 549 by friends, some 

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individuals from the Earthly 
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illness and death, Jesus 
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All evils here below but to free
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sin, which thwarts them in their
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causes all forms of human 
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And here the paragraph 
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Aquellas as someone who's in 
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This is in contemplative prayer.
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here. 
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prayer of the child of God, of 
the forgiven sinner, who agrees 

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to welcome the Love by which he 
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respond to it by loving even 
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So, this last part of the 
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different kinds of prayer. 
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of the highest kinds of prayer. 
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contemplative prayer is that 
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child of God, the forgiven 
sinner Gray's to welcome the 

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Love by which he's loved. 
And it's site is a keas as an 

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example of someone who welcomes 
the Love by which he's loved and

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wants to respond by loving even 
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And that's true, isn't it as a 
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Jesus, God's messenger. 
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by loving others, even more and 
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So, an interesting, spiritual 
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sense, a model for, for the 
prayer of the believer, 

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Hopefully, if you're on those 
links, really interesting, I'll 

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include those in the show notes.
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