If anyone asks you, ‘Why are you untying it?’ say to him: ‘The Lord needs it.’”
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Luke 19:31 in context
Luke 19:28–34
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Having said these things, he went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem.
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When he came near to Bethsphage and Bethany, at the mountain that is called Olivet, he sent two of his disciples,
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saying, “Go your way into the village on the other side, in which, as you enter, you will find a colt tied, which no man has ever sat upon. Untie it and bring it.
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If anyone asks you, ‘Why are you untying it?’ say to him: ‘The Lord needs it.’”
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Those who were sent went away and found things just as he had told them.
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As they were untying the colt, its owners said to them, “Why are you untying the colt?”
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They said, “The Lord needs it.”
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