Mark 11:3
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.
KJV
καὶ ἐάν τις ὑμῖν εἴπῃ· τί ποιεῖτε τοῦτο; εἴπατε· ὁ κύριος αὐτοῦ χρείαν ἔχει, καὶ εὐθὺς αὐτὸν ἀποστέλλει πάλιν ὧδε.
Greek NT
Et si quis vobis dixerit : Quid facitis ? dicite, quia Domino necessarius est : et continuo illum dimittet huc.
Vulgate
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.
ASV
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.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
17 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
Textual variants
3 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
- ὅτι — SBLGNT
- ὅτι — Robinson-Pierpont
- εὐθὺς — SBLGNT
- εὐθὺς — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- εὐθέως — Robinson-Pierpont
- πάλιν — SBLGNT
- πάλιν — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
1. Of the men of that time some clung to their error, others laid hold on the truth, while of these last, some having retained it for a little while again fell off from it. Alluding to these, Christ compared them to seeds not deeply sown, but having their roots upon the surface of the earth; and He said that they should quickly perish. And these the Evangelist has here pointed …
Cross-references
- Luke 19:31 — And if any man ask you, Why do ye loose him? thus shall ye say unto him, Because the Lord hath need of him.