Mark 11:3 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

³ And if anyone says to you, ‘Why are you doing this?’ you should say, ‘The Lord needs it,’ and immediately he will send it back here.”

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³ And if any man say unto you, Why do ye this? say ye that the Lord hath need of him; and straightway he will send him hither.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³ If anyone asks you, Why are you doing this? answer, The Lord needs it, and He will send it back here presently.

American Standard Version (1901)

³ And if any one say unto you, Why do ye this? say ye, The Lord hath need of him; and straightway he will send him back hither.

Common English Bible

³ If anyone says to you, ‘Why are you doing this?’ say, ‘Its master needs it, and he will send it back right away.’”

Catholic Public Domain Version

³ And if anyone will say to you: 'What are you doing?' Say that the Lord has need of him. And he will immediately send him here."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³ And if any man shall say to you, What are you doing? say ye that the Lord hath need of him: and immediately he will let him come hither.

Mark 11:3 Cross References

Mark 11:2

saying to them, “Go into the village just ahead of you and, upon entering it, you will find tied up [there] a colt that no one has ever ridden; untie it and bring it here.

Mark 11:4

So, they went away and found a [donkey’s] colt tied up at the gate, outside in the street, and untied it.

Mark 14:15

And the owner himself will show you a large upstairs room all furnished and ready. Make preparations for us there [i.e., to observe the Passover meal].”

Acts 1:24

Then they prayed, “Lord, you know the inner thoughts of all men, so show us which one of these two men should be selected

Acts 10:36

He sent His message [first] to the Israelites; [it involved] preaching the good news through Jesus Christ (who is Lord of all).

Acts 17:25

Neither is He waited on by men’s hands as though He needed anything, since it is He who gives to all people their life and breath and everything [they need].

2 Corinthians 8:9

For you know the unearned favor of our Lord Jesus Christ, [how] that even though He was rich, He became poor for your sakes, so that through His poverty you people could become [spiritually] rich.