If anyone asks why you are doing this, just say, ‘The Lord needs it.’ ”
The earth and everything on it, including its people, belong to the Lord. The world and its people belong to him.
This is the same message that God gave to the people of Israel, when he sent Jesus Christ, the Lord of all, to offer peace to them.
He told them, “Go into the next village, where you will find a young donkey that has never been ridden. Untie the donkey and bring it here.
They went off and found everything just as Jesus had said.