Luke 19:31 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

³¹ If anyone asks you, ‘Why are you untying it?’ just say this, ‘The Lord needs it.’ ”

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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.' "

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³¹ 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.

Luke 19:31 Cross References

Psalm 24:1

The earth is the Lord’s and all that is in it, the world, and those who live in it,

Luke 19:30

saying, “Go into the village ahead of you, and as you enter it you will find tied there a colt that has never been ridden. Untie it and bring it here.

Luke 19:32

So those who were sent departed and found it as he had told them.

Acts 10:36

You know the message he sent to the people of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ—he is Lord of all.