“Go now to Zarephath, which belongs to Sidon, and live there, for I have commanded a widow there to feed you.”
Matthew 21:3 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 If anyone says anything to you, just say this, ‘The Lord needs them.’ And he will send them immediately.” More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And if any man say ought unto you, ye shall say, The Lord hath need of them; and straightway he will send them. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition If anyone says anything to you, you shall reply, The Lord needs them, and he will let them go without delay. American Standard Version (1901) And if any one say aught unto you, ye shall say, The Lord hath need of them; and straightway he will send them. Common English Bible If anyone says anything to you, say that their master needs them.” He sent them off right away. Catholic Public Domain Version And if anyone will have said anything to you, say that the Lord has need of them. And he will promptly dismiss them." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And if any man shall say anything to you, say ye, that the Lord hath need of them: and forthwith he will let them go. |
“Go now to Zarephath, which belongs to Sidon, and live there, for I have commanded a widow there to feed you.”
In the first year of King Cyrus of Persia, to fulfill the word of the Lord from the mouth of Jeremiah, the Lord stirred up the spirit of King Cyrus of Persia so that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom and also in writing, saying:
Then the heads of the families of Judah and Benjamin and the priests and the Levites—everyone whose spirit God had stirred—got ready to go up and rebuild the house of the Lord in Jerusalem.
Blessed be the Lord, the God of our ancestors, who put such a thing as this into the heart of the king to glorify the house of the Lord in Jerusalem
The earth is the Lord’s and all that is in it, the world, and those who live in it,
saying to them, “Go into the village ahead of you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied and a colt with her; untie them and bring them to me.
since you have given him authority over all people, to give eternal life to all whom you have given him.
nor is he served by human hands, as though he needed anything, since he himself gives to all mortals life and breath and all things.
But thanks be to God, who put in the heart of Titus the same eagerness for you that I myself have.
For you know the generous act of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, so that by his poverty you might become rich.
Every generous act of giving, with every perfect gift, is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.
Saul also went to his home at Gibeah, and with him went warriors whose hearts God had touched.