King James Version (KJV)
Luke 19:31
“‹And if any man ask you, Why do ye loose› [him]? ‹thus shall ye say unto him, Because the Lord hath need of him.›”
Verse in context — Luke 19
29
And it came to pass, when he was come nigh to Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount called [the mount] of Olives, he sent two of his disciples,
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Saying, ‹Go ye into the village over against› [you]; ‹in the which at your entering ye shall find a colt tied, whereon yet never man sat: loose him, and bring› [him hither].
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‹And if any man ask you, Why do ye loose› [him]? ‹thus shall ye say unto him, Because the Lord hath need of him.›
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And they that were sent went their way, and found even as he had said unto them.
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And as they were loosing the colt, the owners thereof said unto them, Why loose ye the colt?
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