Matthew 21:3 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

³ If anyone says something to you, tell them, ‘The Lord needs these animals,’ and he will immediately send them.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³ 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

³ 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)

³ 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

³ If anyone says anything to you, say that their master needs them.” He sent them off right away.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³ 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

³ 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.

Matthew 21:3 Cross References

Matthew 21:2

saying to them, “Go into the village there and immediately you will find a donkey tied up with her colt. Untie them and bring them to me.

Matthew 21:4

Now this will happen in order to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet, saying,

John 17:2

Just as you gave Him authority over all mankind, He will give never ending life to all those people [Note: The Greek word here is neuter gender, “all those things”] you have given Him.

John 3:35

The Father loves the Son and has given everything into His hands [See Eph. 1:20-22].

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 8:16

But I thank God for putting the same concern [that I have] for you in the heart of Titus.

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.

James 1:17

Every good [thing that is given] and every perfect gift [received] is from above, coming down from the Father of [heavenly] lights, with whom there can be no change or shifting shadow [i.e., God always remains the same].