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Luke 19:4

2 And, behold, there was a man named Zacchæus, which was the chief among the publicans, and he was rich.

3 And he sought to see Jesus who he was; and could not for the press, because he was little of stature.

And he ran before, and climbed up into a sycomore tree to see him: for he was to pass that way.

5 And when Jesus came to the place, he looked up, and saw him, and said unto him, Zacchæus, make haste, and come down; for to day I must abide at thy house.

6 And he made haste, and came down, and received him joyfully.

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BSB
So he ran on ahead and climbed a sycamore tree to see Him, since Jesus was about to pass that way.
KJV
And he ran before, and climbed up into a sycomore tree to see him: for he was to pass that way.
WEB
He ran on ahead and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see him, for he was going to pass that way.
ASV
And he ran on before, and climbed up into a sycomore tree to see him: for he was to pass that way.
DARBY
And running on before, he got up into a sycamore that he might see him, for he was going to pass that [way].
BLB
And having run ahead to the front, he went up on a sycamore-fig tree so that he might see Him, for He was about to pass through that [way].
ÅB
Da sprang han i forveien og steg opp i et morbærtre for å få se ham; for hans vei gikk der forbi.
OTB
Så han løp i forveien og klatret opp i et morbærtre for å se ham, siden Jesus var på vei forbi der.
B1930
Da sprang han i forveien og steg op i et morbærtre for å få se ham; for hans vei gikk der forbi.

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Cross references

  • Isaiah 9:10

    The bricks are fallen down, but we will build with hewn stones: the sycomores are cut down, but we will change them into cedars.

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  • Luke 5:19

    And when they could not find by what way they might bring him in because of the multitude, they went upon the housetop, and let him down through the tiling with his couch into the midst before Jesus.

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  • 1 Chronicles 27:28

    And over the olive trees and the sycomore trees that were in the low plains was Baal-hanan the Gederite: and over the cellars of oil was Joash:

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  • Amos 7:14

    Then answered Amos, and said to Amaziah, I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet’s son; but I was an herdman, and a gatherer of sycomore fruit:

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  • 1 Kings 10:27

    And the king made silver to be in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars made he to be as the sycomore trees that are in the vale, for abundance.

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  • Psalms 78:47

    He destroyed their vines with hail, and their sycomore trees with frost.

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