The Story of Zacheus

©️ Dominic Barton Aug2022

Good with numbers and very small

He’d take your money, keeping almost all

Made him rich, and very poor

all that cash, no friends any more

 

Ate like a king, drank the best wine,

Lived in a  palace, thought he was fine

But no one to talk to, no one to chat,

Began to realise he was a bad lad.

 

He heard about Jesus, miracles he’d done,

The man who reckoned he was Gods son!

Zach ran out the house desperate to see

Couldn’t see through the crowds so he climbed up a tree.

Looked to the left then to the right,

Then straight ahead, the guy walked into sight

‘Jesus’ he shouted, ‘Jesus I’m here!’

‘Come to my house for tea and a beer’

 

The crowds gasped in horror, they couldn’t believe,

Jesus accepted, they gasped and seethed!

So to Zach’s big house went Jesus to feast

Zach listened and followed Jesus in a heart beat.

So Zach changed his life, he’d heard and took heed

Gave back his money, more than he’d stolen in greed.

Now Zach was a pauper, he’d thousands of friends

The best sort of tale, be blessed, The End.

Introducing Zacheus.

May I introduce you to Zacheus, a very LITTLE man. He lived in Israel in a very big house. He was a very rich man.

He made his money collecting taxes for the Roman emperor, more than was due – and he’d steal the difference and put it in his own pocket. Zacheus was definitely not a nice man.

And because of this he had no friends at all!

But he did have an awful lot of stuff.