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


In Context

1 When they drew near to Jerusalem, to Bethsphage and Bethany, at the Mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples,

2 and said to them, |Go your way into the village that is opposite you. Immediately as you enter into it, you will find a young donkey tied, on which no one has sat. Untie him, and bring him.

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

4 They went away, and found a young donkey tied at the door outside in the open street, and they untied him.

5 Some of those who stood there asked them, |What are you doing, untying the young donkey?|

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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

11:3If anyone asks you, 'Why are you doing this?' tell him, 'The Lord needs it and will send it back here shortly.' "

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 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.