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Mark 11:3
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KJ21
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.”
ASV
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.
AMP
If anyone asks you, ‘Why are you doing this?’ say, ‘The Lord needs it’; and immediately he will send it here.”
AMPC
If anyone asks you, Why are you doing this? answer, The Lord needs it, and He will send it back here presently.
BRG
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.
CSB
If anyone says to you, ‘Why are you doing this?’ say, ‘The Lord needs it and will send it back here right away.’”
CSBA
If anyone says to you, “Why are you doing this? ” say, “The Lord needs it and will send it back here straight away.” ’
CEB
If anyone says to you, ‘Why are you doing this?’ say, ‘Its master needs it, and he will send it back right away.’”
CJB
If anyone asks you, ‘Why are you doing this?’ tell him, ‘The Lord needs it,’ and he will send it here right away.”
CEV
If anyone asks why you are doing this, say, ‘The Lord needs it and will soon bring it back.’ ”
DARBY
And if any one say to you, Why do ye this? say, The Lord has need of it; and straightway he sends it hither.
DLNT
And if someone says to you, ‘Why are you doing this?’, say, ‘The Lord has need of it, and immediately He sends it back here’”.
DRA
And 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.
ERV
If anyone asks you why you are taking the donkey, tell them, ‘The Master needs it. He will send it back soon.’”
EASY
Someone may ask you, “Why are you doing this?” Then say, “The Master needs the donkey. He will send it back here soon.” ’
EHV
If anyone asks you, ‘Why are you doing this?’ say, ‘The Lord needs it, and he will send it back here without delay.’”
ESV
If anyone says to you, ‘Why are you doing this?’ say, ‘The Lord has need of it and will send it back here immediately.’”
ESVUK
If anyone says to you, ‘Why are you doing this?’ say, ‘The Lord has need of it and will send it back here immediately.’”
EXB
If anyone asks you why you are doing this, tell him ·its Master [the Lord; or its Owner] needs the colt and ·he will send it at once [or he will return it soon; C “he” could be either Jesus or the colt’s owner].”
GNV
And if any man say unto you, Why do ye this? Say that the Lord hath need of him, and straightway he will send him hither.
GW
If anyone asks you what you are doing, say that the Lord needs it. That person will send it here at once.”
GNT
And if someone asks you why you are doing that, say that the Master needs it and will send it back at once.”
HCSB
If anyone says to you, ‘Why are you doing this?’ say, ‘The Lord needs it and will send it back here right away.’”
ICB
If anyone asks you why you are doing this, tell him, ‘The Master needs the colt. He will send it back soon.’”
ISV
If anyone asks you, ‘Why are you doing this?,’ say, ‘The Lord needs it,’ and he will send it back here at once.”
PHILLIPS
When they were approaching Jerusalem and had come to Bethphage and Bethany on the slopes of the Mount of Olives, he sent off two of his disciples with these instructions, “Go into the village just ahead of you and as soon as you enter it you will find a tethered colt on which no one has yet ridden. Untie it, and bring it here. If anybody asks you, ‘Why are you doing this?’, just say, ‘The Lord needs it, and will send it back immediately.’”
JUB
And if anyone says unto you, Why do ye this? say ye that the Lord has need of him, and straightway he will send him here.
KJV
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.
AKJV
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.
LSB
And if anyone says to you, ‘Why are you doing this?’ you say, ‘The Lord has need of it’; and immediately he will send it back here.”
LEB
And if anyone says to you, ‘Why are you doing this?’ say ‘The Lord has need of it, and will send it here again at once.’”
TLB
And if anyone asks you what you are doing, just say, ‘Our Master needs him and will return him soon.’”
MSG
When they were nearing Jerusalem, at Bethphage and Bethany on Mount Olives, he sent off two of the disciples with instructions: “Go to the village across from you. As soon as you enter, you’ll find a colt tethered, one that has never yet been ridden. Untie it and bring it. If anyone asks, ‘What are you doing?’ say, ‘The Master needs him, and will return him right away.’”
MEV
If anyone says to you, ‘Why are you doing this?’ say ‘The Lord has need of it,’ and immediately he will send it here.”
MOUNCE
· If anyone says to you, ‘Why are you doing this?’ say, ‘The Lord has need of it and will send it back here as soon as possible.’”
NOG
If anyone asks you what you are doing, say that the Lord needs it. That person will send it here at once.”
NABRE
If anyone should say to you, ‘Why are you doing this?’ reply, ‘The Master has need of it and will send it back here at once.’”
NASB
And if anyone says to you, ‘Why are you doing this?’ say, ‘The Lord has need of it’; and immediately he will send it back here.”
NASB1995
If anyone says to you, ‘Why are you doing this?’ you say, ‘The Lord has need of it’; and immediately he will send it back here.”
NCB
If anyone says to you, ‘Why are you doing this?’ say: ‘The Lord needs it and will send it back immediately.’ ”
NCV
If anyone asks you why you are doing this, tell him its Master needs the colt, and he will send it at once.”
NET
If anyone says to you, ‘Why are you doing this?’ say, ‘The Lord needs it and will send it back here soon.’”
NIRV
Someone may ask you, ‘Why are you doing this?’ If so, say, ‘The Lord needs it. But he will send it back here soon.’ ”
NIV
If anyone asks you, ‘Why are you doing this?’ say, ‘The Lord needs it and will send it back here shortly.’”
NIVUK
If anyone asks you, “Why are you doing this?” say, “The Lord needs it and will send it back here shortly.”’
NKJV
And if anyone says to you, ‘Why are you doing this?’ say, ‘The Lord has need of it,’ and immediately he will send it here.”
NLV
If anyone asks you, ‘Why are you doing that?’ say, ‘The Lord needs it. He will send it back again soon.’”
NLT
If anyone asks, ‘What are you doing?’ just say, ‘The Lord needs it and will return it soon.’”
NMB
And if anyone asks you why you are doing this, say that the Lord has need of him, and straightaway he will send him here.
NRSVA
If anyone says to you, “Why are you doing this?” just say this, “The Lord needs it and will send it back here immediately.”’
NRSVACE
If anyone says to you, “Why are you doing this?” just say this, “The Lord needs it and will send it back here immediately.”’
NRSVCE
If anyone says to you, ‘Why are you doing this?’ just say this, ‘The Lord needs it and will send it back here immediately.’”
NRSVUE
If anyone says to you, ‘Why are you doing this?’ just say this: ‘The Lord needs it and will send it back here immediately.’ ”
NTFE
And if anyone says to you, ‘Why are you doing that?’ then say, ‘The master needs it, and he will return it at once.’ ”
OJB
And if anyone says to you, Why are you doing this? You say, HaAdon has need of it and will send it here again.
RGT
“And if anyone says to you, ‘Why are you doing this?’ Say that the Lord has need of him. And He will return him immediately.”
RSV
If any one says to you, ‘Why are you doing this?’ say, ‘The Lord has need of it and will send it back here immediately.’”
RSVCE
If any one says to you, ‘Why are you doing this?’ say, ‘The Lord has need of it and will send it back here immediately.’”
TLV
If anyone says to you, ‘Why are you doing this?’ say, ‘The Master needs it.’ And right away he will send it back here.”
VOICE
If anybody stops you and asks what you’re doing, just say, “The Lord needs it, and He will send it back right after He’s done.”
WEB
If anyone asks you, ‘Why are you doing this?’ say, ‘The Lord needs him;’ and immediately he will send him back here.”
WE
If anyone asks you, "Why are you doing this?" tell him, "The Lord needs it. He will send it back soon." '
WYC
And if any man say any thing to you, What do ye? say ye, that he is needful to the Lord, and at once he shall let him go hither [and anon he shall leave him hither].
YLT
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.'
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