This translation is from the New American Bible. The bolded hyperlinks will take you to additional translations. The entire chapter is included to provide context.
Information about the meaning the original Greek of what seem to be key words is provided in blue.
Collections of or meditations on scriptures dealing with principles similar to those addressed in this readings are hyperlinked after those readings.
Excerpts collected in yellow at the end of this post tell us something about God’s nature or our relationship to Him.
Excerpts collected in green at the end of this post tell us about something God wants us to do.
Excerpts collected in red at the end of this post tell us about something God does not want us to do.
At that time, Jesus came to Jericho and intended to pass through the town. Now a man there named Zacchaeus, who was a chief tax collector and also a wealthy man, was seeking to see who Jesus was; but he could not see him because of the crowd, for he was short in stature. So he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore tree in order to see Jesus, who was about to pass that way. When he reached the place, Jesus looked up and said, "Zacchaeus, come down quickly, for today I must stay at your house." And he came down quickly and received him with joy.
When they all saw this, they began to grumble, saying, "He has gone to stay at the house of a sinner." But Zacchaeus stood there and said to the Lord, "Behold, half of my possessions, Lord, I shall give to the poor, and if I have extorted anything from anyone I shall repay it four times over."
And Jesus said to him, "Today salvation has come to this house because this man too is a descendant of Abraham. For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save what was lost."
seeking = ζητέω = zeteo. Blue Letter Bible to seek after, endeavor; inquire for; require, demand; strive after, endeavor, to desire; metaphorically, to "seek" by thinking, to "seek" how to do something; strive after, desire; to seek (i. e. in order to find out) by thinking, meditating, reasoning; to inquire into; to seek in order to find; to crave, demand something from someone; aim at; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon inquire for; search after, search out; inquire into, investigate, examine; require, demand; desire; feel the want of
see = ὁράω = horaō Blue Letter Bible to see with the eyes; to see with the mind, to perceive, know; to take heed, beware; to care for, pay heed to; to attend to; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon take, pay, or give heed; behold, perceive, observe; look out for, provide
ran = προτρέχω = protrechō Blue letter Bible to run forward; outrun, outstrip, precede, run before; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon run forward or forth; run in advance of, outrun
ahead = ἔμπροσθεν = emprosthen Blue Letter Bible before, in front, in the sight, in the presence of a person; that local region which is in front of a person or thing; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon before, in front, in front of
climbed = ἀναβαίνω = anabainō Blue Letter Bible to go up, to ascend; climbing up; to come upon, to arrive in a place; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon go up, mount; embark; Georg Autenrieth, A Homeric Dictionary go up, ascend (to); goes abroad among’ men; embark
see—see above
came = ἔρχομαι = erchomai Blue Letter Bible denoting either "to come, or to go," signifies the act, in contrast with heko, which stresses the arrival; to come from one place to another; to come into being, arise, come forth, show itself, find place or influence; to come to a thing; to go; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon start, set out; come or go; to go a journey; any kind of motion
looked up = ἀναβλέπω = anablepō Blue Letter Bible to look up; to recover (lost) sight; see; receive sight; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon look up, esp. as a mark of confidence; look up at; cast up a glance of fire; recover one's sight; open one's eyes; revive,
said = λέγω = legō Blue Letter Bible to say, to ask; commanding, or bidding; to call, to call by name; pronouncing, telling or relating; to gather, reckon, account; to tell; affirm over, maintain; to exhort, advise, to command, direct; to call by name, to call, name; to "lay" forth; to asseverate, affirm, aver, maintain; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, An Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon to say, speak; declare; to tell one to do; to speak to the point or purpose; to speak (emphatically)
come down = καταβαίνω = katabainō Blue Letter Bible To come down; to descend; fall, fell; to go down, come down, descend; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon go or come down from; condescend
quickly = σπεύδω = speudō Blue Letter Bible earnestly desiring; to haste, make haste; urge on (diligently or earnestly); by implication, to await eagerly; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon get going, urge on, hasten; seek eagerly, strive after; promote or further zealously; press or urge on; exert oneself, strive eagerly or anxiously; to be anxious; show eagerness ; to be troubled in mind, harassed
today = σήμερον = sēmeron Blue Letter Bible this (very) day; day (or night current or just passed); today; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon to-day
stay = μένω = menō Blue Letter Bible continue; dwell; endure; stand; tarry; not to depart; to continue to be present; to remain as one, not to become another or different; to wait for, await one; to sojourn, tarry, to tarry as a guest, lodge; to maintain unbroken fellowship with one, adhere to his party; to be constantly present to help one; to put forth constant influence upon one; to dwell as it were within him, to be continually operative in him by his divine influence and energy; to be rooted as it were in him, knit to; to persevere; cleave, hold fast to; to be held, or kept, continually; not to perish, to last, to endure; be still in possession; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon stand fast; stay at home, stay where one is; lodge, tarry; to be lasting, remain, stand; fixed, stable, permanent; abide; await, expect
received = ὑποδέχομαι = hypodechomai Blue Letter Bible to receive under one's roof, receive as a guest, entertain hospitably; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon receive into one's house, welcome; entertain; host; take up, take on board; take up a burden, admit patiently, submit to; admit, allow; accept as a responsibility, take in charge; take over, receive as agent; undertake, promise; Georg Autenrieth, A Homeric Dictionary receive, esp. of friendly, hospitable welcome; receive silently, submit to, endure; undertake, promise
joy = χαίρω = chairō Blue Letter Bible be glad, conveys the thought of joy or cheer; to be "cheer"ful, i.e. calmly happy; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon rejoice at, take pleasure in a thing, express one's joy by laughter, being glad, delight in doing, hail, welcome, joyful
grumble = διαγογγύζω = diagongyzō Blue Letter Bible to murmur; indignantly complaining; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon mutter or murmur among themselves
stay = κατάλυμα = katalyma Blue Letter Bible guest space; an inn, lodging-place; from καταλύω (put up for the night,[where] the straps and packs of the beasts of burden are unbound and taken off; or, more correctly from the fact that the travelers’ garments, tied up when he is on the journey, are unloosed); Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon lodging, billet, provision of quarters
Today—see above
salvation = σωτηρία = sōtēria Blue Letter Bible deliverance, preservation, salvation; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon deliverance, preservation; a way or means of safety; keeping safe, preservation; security, guarantee for safety
come = γίνομαι = ginomai Blue Letter Bible to become, to take place, is sometimes suitably translated arise; to become, to come into existence; to begin to be, come to pass, happen; to arise, appear in history, come upon the stage; to be made, finished; be fulfilled; happen; be performed; be wrought; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon come into being; take place, come to pass; to be under control of
house = οἶκος = oikos Blue Letter Bible family; the members of a household or family; stock, family, descendants of one; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon a reigning house; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon(alternate meaning) to be like, look like; considered like; to be analogous to; beseem, befit; seeming like, like
come—see “came” above
seek—see “seeking” above
save = σῴζω = sōzō Blue Letter Bible To heal, make whole; to save, keep safe and sound, to rescue from danger or destruction; to preserve one who is in danger of destruction, to save or rescue; preserve; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, An Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon to save, keep; to save from death, keep alive, preserve; to keep safe; to keep in mind, remember; to carry off safe, rescue from danger
lost = ἀπόλλυμι = apollymi Blue Letter Bible to destroy, destroy utterly, kill; to perish; to put out of the way entirely, abolish, put an end to ruin; to destroy fully (reflexively, to perish, or lose), literally or figuratively; to cause its emptiness to be perceived; to be blotted out, to vanish away; The idea is not extinction but ruin, loss, not of being, but of well-being; mar; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon destroy utterly, kill; demolish, lay waste; waste; ruin a woman; lose; perish
Scriptures addressing similar principles are collected or considered at:
Wisdom Principles—God Loves and Calls Us to Him, In Spite of our Sin
What this scripture tells us about God’s nature or our relationship to Him:
Jesus looked up
He has gone to stay at the house of a sinner
the Son of Man has come to seek and to save what was lost
What this scripture tells us to do:
seeking to see who Jesus was
ran ahead and climbed a sycamore tree in order to see Jesus
come down quickly
he came down quickly and received him with joy
What this scripture tells us not to do:
grumble
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