Luke 19:31

The Triumphal Entry

30saying, “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.31If anyone asks, ‘Why are you untying it?’ tell him, ‘The Lord needs it.’”

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Berean Standard Bible
If anyone asks, ‘Why are you untying it?’ tell him, ‘The Lord needs it.’”
American Standard Version (1901)
And if any one ask you, Why do ye loose him? thus shall ye say, The Lord hath need of him.
Bible in Basic English
And if anyone says to you, Why are you taking him? say, The Lord has need of him.
Douay-Rheims 1899
And if any man shall ask you: Why do you loose him? you shall say thus unto him: Because the Lord hath need of his service.
Free Bible Version
If anyone asks you, ‘Why are you untying it?’ just say, ‘The Lord needs it.’”
Geneva Bible 1599
And if any man aske you, why ye loose him, thus shall ye say vnto him, Because the Lord hath neede of him.
King James (Authorized) Version
And if any man ask you, Why do ye loose him? thus shall ye say unto him, Because the Lord hath need of him.
One Unity Resource Bible
If anyone asks you, ‘Why are you untying it?’ say to him: ‘The Lord needs it.’”
Translation for Translators
If anyone asks you, ‘Why are you untying it?’ say to him, ‘The Lord needs it.’”
Unlocked Literal Bible
If anyone asks you, 'Why are you untying it?' say, 'The Lord has need of it.'”
Noah Webster Bible
And if any man shall ask you, Why do ye loose him ? thus shall ye say to him, Because the Lord hath need of him.
World English Bible
If anyone asks you, ‘Why are you untying it?’ say to him: ‘The Lord needs it.’”
Young's Literal Translation
and if any one doth question you, Wherefore do ye loose [it]? thus ye shall say to him — The Lord hath need of it.'