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Luke 19:31

World English Bible

If anyone asks you, ‘Why are you untying it?’ say to him: ‘The Lord needs it.’ ”

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Luke 19:31 in other translations

And if any one ask you, Why do ye loose him? thus shall ye say, The Lord hath need of him.

Luke 19:31 · American Standard Version

Luke 19:31 in context

  1. 29When he came near to Bethsphage and Bethany, at the mountain that is called Olivet, he sent two of his disciples,
  2. 30saying, “Go your way into the village on the other side, in which, as you enter, you will find a colt tied, which no man had ever sat upon. Untie it and bring it.
  3. 31If anyone asks you, ‘Why are you untying it?’ say to him: ‘The Lord needs it.’ ”
  4. 32Those who were sent went away, and found things just as he had told them.
  5. 33As they were untying the colt, its owners said to them, “Why are you untying the colt?”