Mark 11:3
World English Bible (WEB)
If 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 came 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 every translation
- WEB World English Bible
- If anyone asks you, ‘Why are you doing this?’ say, ‘The Lord needs him;’ and immediately he will send him back here.”
- KJV King James Version
- And 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.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- If anyone asks, ‘Why are you doing this?’ tell him, ‘The Lord needs it and will return it shortly.’”
- ASV American Standard Version
- And 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.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- and 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.'
- DBY Darby Translation
- And if any one say to you, Why do ye this? say, The Lord has need of it; and straightway he sends it hither.
- WBS Webster Bible
- And 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.