This is the last interaction Jesus has with an outsider (who repents!) before he enters Jerusalem where he is rejected.

This particular story has many echoes of the previous ones, Jesus calling Matthew the Tax Collector and the healing of the blind man who called out in spite of the crowds attempt to silence him.

Jesus seeks the outsider who seeks him – that’s clear in these accounts, particularly in the story of the healing of the blind man earlier in Luke’s Gospel and in this story of Zacchaeus.

Which part of you is seeking Jesus? Which part of you seeks to be healed and restored?

The full link to the video is found here.