New Testament · SCRIPTURE
Luke 19:31
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If anyone asks, ‘Why are you untying it?’ tell him, ‘The Lord needs it.’”
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And if any man ask you, Why do ye loose [him]? thus shall ye say unto him, Because the Lord hath need of him.
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If anyone asks you, ‘Why are you untying it?’ say to him: ‘The Lord needs it.’”
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ASVAmerican Standard Version
And if any one ask you, Why do ye loose him? thus shall ye say, The Lord hath need of him.
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And if anyone may ask you⁺, ‘Why are you⁺ loosing [it]?’ thus you⁺ will say, ‘Because the Lord has need of it.’”
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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB
Luke 19
29 As He approached Bethphage and Bethany at the Mount of Olives, He sent out two of His disciples,
30 saying, “Go into the village ahead of you, and as you enter it, you will find a colt tied there, on which no one has ever sat. Untie it and bring it here.
31 If anyone asks, ‘Why are you untying it?’ tell him, ‘The Lord needs it.’”
32 So those who were sent went out and found it just as Jesus had told them.
33 As they were untying the colt, its owners asked, “Why are you untying the colt?”
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