Luke 19:31 - English Majority Text Version 2009

³¹ And if anyone asks you, 'Why are you loosing [him]?' thus you shall say to him, 'Because the Lord has need of him.' "

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³¹ And if any man ask you, Why do ye loose him? thus shall ye say unto him, Because the Lord hath need of him.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³¹ If anybody asks you, Why are you untying [it]? you shall say this: Because the Lord has need of it.

American Standard Version (1901)

³¹ And if any one ask you, Why do ye loose him? thus shall ye say, The Lord hath need of him.

Common English Bible

³¹ If anyone asks, ‘Why are you untying it?’ just say, ‘Its master needs it.’”

Catholic Public Domain Version

³¹ And if anyone will ask you, 'Why are you untying it?' you shall say this to him: 'Because the Lord has requested its service.' "

Luke 19:31 Cross References

Luke 19:30

saying, "Go into the village opposite you, in which when you enter you will find a colt tied up, on which no one of men has ever sat. Loose him and bring [him] [here].

Luke 19:32

So those who were sent departed and found it just as He told them.

Acts 10:36

The word which God sent to the sons of Israel, preaching the good news of peace through Jesus Christ--He being Lord of all-