3If anyone asks you, 'Why are you doing this?' tell him, 'The Lord needs it and will send it back here shortly.' "


In Context

1 As they approached Jerusalem and came to Bethphage and Bethany at the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two of his disciples,

2 saying to them, "Go to the village ahead of you, and just as you enter it, you will find a colt tied there, which no one has ever ridden. Untie it and bring it here.

3 If anyone asks you, 'Why are you doing this?' tell him, 'The Lord needs it and will send it back here shortly.' "

4 They went and found a colt outside in the street, tied at a doorway. As they untied it,

5 some people standing there asked, "What are you doing, untying that colt?"

Mark 11:3 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

11:3And if any man say unto you, Why do ye this? say ye that the Lord hath need of him; and straightway he will send him hither.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

11:3And if any man shall say to you, What are you doing? say ye that the Lord hath need of him: and immediately he will let him come hither.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

11:3And if any one say unto you, Why do ye this? say ye, The Lord hath need of him; and straightway he will send him back hither.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:3And if any one say to you, Why do ye this? say, The Lord has need of it; and straightway he sends it hither.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

11:3And if any one say unto you, Why do ye this? say ye, The Lord hath need of him; and straightway he will send him back hither.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:3And if any man shall say to you, Why do ye this? say ye that the Lord hath need of him; and immediately he will send him hither.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:3If anyone asks you, 'Why are you doing this?' say, 'The Lord needs him;' and immediately he will send him back here.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

11:3and if any one may say to you, Why do ye this? say ye that the lord hath need of it, and immediately he will send it hither.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

11:3And if any man say to you, Why do you this? say you that the Lord has need of him; and straightway he will send him here.