Jesus was passing through Jericho. There was a chief tax collector there named Zacchaeus, who was rich. Zacchaeus was a little man, and wanted to see Jesus, so he climbed a sycamore tree.

The Savior did not see tax professionals as beyond redemption. When Zacchaeus, a chief tax collector, promised to give half his possessions to the poor and to repay what he overcharged fourfold ...