Matthew 21:3 “If anyone questions you, tell him that the Lord needs them, and he wil…”

Matthew 21:3

If anyone questions you, tell him that the Lord needs them, and he will send them right away.”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And if any man say ought unto you, ye shall say, The Lord hath need of them; and straightway he will send them.

World English Bible

If anyone says anything to you, you shall say, ‘The Lord needs them,’ and immediately he will send them.”

American Standard Version

And if any one say aught unto you, ye shall say, The Lord hath need of them; and straightway he will send them.

Geneva Bible 1599

And if any man say ought vnto you, say ye, that the Lord hath neede of them, and straightway he will let them goe.

Darby Translation

And if any one say anything to you, ye shall say, The Lord has need of them, and straightway he will send them.

Young's Literal Translation

and if any one may say anything to you, ye shall say, that the lord hath need of them, and immediately he will send them.'

Bible in Basic English

And if anyone says anything to you, you will say, The Lord has need of them; and straight away he will send them.

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Cross references

“The Lord”

Acts 17:25 John 3:35 2 Corinthians 8:9 Psalm 24:1 John 17:2 1 Chronicles 29:14–16

Acts 17:25 · BSB

Nor is He served by human hands, as if He needed anything, because He Himself gives everyone life and breath and everything else.

John 3:35 · BSB

The Father loves the Son and has placed all things in His hands.

2 Corinthians 8:9 · BSB

For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sake He became poor, so that you through His poverty might become rich.

Psalm 24:1 · BSB

The earth is the LORD’s, and the fullness thereof, the world and all who dwell therein.

John 17:2 · BSB

For You granted Him authority over all people, so that He may give eternal life to all those You have given Him.

1 Chronicles 29:14–16 · BSB

But who am I, and who are my people, that we should be able to give as generously as this? For everything comes from You, and from Your own hand we have given to You.

“straightway”

Ezra 1:5 Ezra 7:27 1 Samuel 10:26 1 Kings 17:9 Ezra 1:1 2 Corinthians 8:16

Ezra 1:5 · BSB

So the family heads of Judah and Benjamin, along with the priests and Levites—everyone whose spirit God had stirred—prepared to go up and rebuild the house of the LORD in Jerusalem.

Ezra 7:27 · BSB

Blessed be the LORD, the God of our fathers, who has put into the heart of the king to so honor the house of the LORD in Jerusalem,

1 Samuel 10:26 · BSB

Saul also went to his home in Gibeah, and the men of valor whose hearts God had touched went with him.

1 Kings 17:9 · BSB

“Get up and go to Zarephath of Sidon, and stay there. Behold, I have commanded a widow there to provide for you.”

Ezra 1:1 · BSB

In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, to fulfill the word of the LORD spoken through Jeremiah, the LORD stirred the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia to send a proclamation throughout his kingdom and to put it in writi…

2 Corinthians 8:16 · BSB

But thanks be to God, who put into the heart of Titus the same devotion I have for you.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

2saying to them, “Go into the village ahead of you, and at once you will find a donkey tied there, with her colt beside her. Untie them and bring them to Me.

4This took place to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet:

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