Matthew 21:3
And if any man say ought unto you, ye shall say, The Lord hath need of them; and straightway he will send them.
KJV
καὶ ἐάν τις ὑμῖν εἴπῃ τι, ἐρεῖτε ὅτι ὁ κύριος αὐτῶν χρείαν ἔχει· εὐθὺς δὲ ἀποστελεῖ αὐτούς.
Greek NT
et si quis vobis aliquid dixerit, dicite quia Dominus his opus habet : et confestim dimittet eos.
Vulgate
And if any one say aught unto you, ye shall say, The Lord hath need of them; and straightway he will send them.
ASV
And if any man shall say anything to you, say ye that the Lord hath need of them. And forthwith he will let them go.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
15 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
Textual variants
2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
- εὐθὺς — SBLGNT
- εὐθὺς — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- εὐθέως — Robinson-Pierpont
- ἀποστελεῖ — SBLGNT
- ἀποστελεῖ — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- ἀποστέλλει — Robinson-Pierpont
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
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2. But these things we ought not to pass by at random, but they should be instilled in our minds, and wrath would find no place at any time. For who, bearing in mind that supper, and the traitor sitting at meat with the Saviour of all, and Him who was to be betrayed thus meekly reasoning, would not put away all venom of wrath and anger? See at any rate how meekly He conducts Hi…
Cross-references
- 2Cor 8:1 — Moreover, brethren, we do you to wit of the grace of God bestowed on the churches of Macedonia;
- 2Cor 8:9 — For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich.
- Acts 17:25 — Neither is worshipped with men’s hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things;
- Ezra 1:5 — Then rose up the chief of the fathers of Judah and Benjamin, and the priests, and the Levites, with all them whose spirit God had raised, to go up to build the house of the LORD which is in Jerusalem.
- Ezra 7:27 — Blessed be the LORD God of our fathers, which hath put such a thing as this in the king’s heart, to beautify the house of the LORD which is in Jerusalem:
- Hag 2:8 — The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, saith the LORD of hosts.
- John 3:35 — The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand.
- John 17:2 — As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him.
- Matt 26:18 — And he said, Go into the city to such a man, and say unto him, The Master saith, My time is at hand; I will keep the passover at thy house with my disciples.
- Ps 24:1 — The earth is the LORD’s, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.
- Ps 50:10 — For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills.