Matthew 21:3

New English Translation

If anyone says anything to you, you are to say, ‘The Lord needs them,’ and he will send them at once.”

Cross References

1 Kings 17:9

“Get up, go to Zarephath in Sidonian territory, and live there. I have already told a widow who lives there to provide for you.”

Ezra 1:1

In the first year of King Cyrus of Persia, in order to fulfill the Lord’s message spoken through Jeremiah, the Lord stirred the mind of King Cyrus of Persia. He disseminated a proclamation throughout his entire kingdom, announcing in a written edict the following:

Ezra 1:5

Then the leaders of Judah and Benjamin, along with the priests and the Levites – all those whose mind God had stirred – got ready to go up in order to build the temple of the Lord in Jerusalem.

Ezra 7:27

Blessed be the Lord God of our fathers, who so moved in the heart of the king to so honor the temple of the Lord which is in Jerusalem!

Psalm 24:1

The Lord owns the earth and all it contains, the world and all who live in it.

Matthew 21:2

telling them, “Go to the village ahead of you. Right away you will find a donkey tied there, and a colt with her. Untie them and bring them to me.

Matthew 21:4

This took place to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet:

John 17:2

just as you have given him authority over all humanity, so that he may give eternal life to everyone you have given him.

John 3:35

The Father loves the Son and has placed all things under his authority.

Acts 17:25

nor is he served by human hands, as if he needed anything, because he himself gives life and breath and everything to everyone.

2 Corinthians 8:16

But thanks be to God who put in the heart of Titus the same devotion I have for you,

2 Corinthians 8:9

For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that although he was rich, he became poor for your sakes, so that you by his poverty could become rich.

James 1:17

All generous giving and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or the slightest hint of change.

1 Samuel 10:26

Even Saul went to his home in Gibeah. With him went some brave men whose hearts God had touched.