Matthew 21:3

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“If anyone questions you, tell him that the Lord needs them, and he will send them right away.””

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BSBPD

“If anyone questions you, tell him that the Lord needs them, and he will send them right away.””

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And if any man say ought unto you, ye shall say, The Lord hath need of them; and straightway he will send them.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And if any one say aught unto you, ye shall say, The Lord hath need of them; and straightway he will send them.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“and if any one may say anything to you, ye shall say, that the lord hath need of them, and immediately he will send them.'”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Matthew 21:3 — 16 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 1 Samuel 10:26Saul also went to his home in Gibeah, and the men of valor whose hearts God had touched went with him.
  2. 1 Kings 17:9“Get up and go to Zarephath of Sidon, and stay there. Behold, I have commanded a widow there to provide for you.”
  3. 1 Chronicles 29:14But who am I, and who are my people, that we should be able to give as generously as this? For everything comes from You, and from Your own hand we have given to You.
  4. Ezra 1:1In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, to fulfill the word of the LORD spoken through Jeremiah, the LORD stirred the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia to send a proclamation throughout his kingdom and to put it in writing as follows:
  5. Ezra 1:5So the family heads of Judah and Benjamin, along with the priests and Levites—everyone whose spirit God had stirred—prepared to go up and rebuild the house of the LORD in Jerusalem.
  6. Ezra 7:27Blessed be the LORD, the God of our fathers, who has put into the heart of the king to so honor the house of the LORD in Jerusalem,
  7. Psalms 24:1The earth is the LORD’s, and the fullness thereof, the world and all who dwell therein.
  8. Psalms 50:10for every beast of the forest is Mine— the cattle on a thousand hills.
  9. Haggai 2:8The silver is Mine, and the gold is Mine, declares the LORD of Hosts.
  10. John 3:35The Father loves the Son and has placed all things in His hands.
  11. John 17:2For You granted Him authority over all people, so that He may give eternal life to all those You have given Him.
  12. Acts 17:25Nor is He served by human hands, as if He needed anything, because He Himself gives everyone life and breath and everything else.
  13. 2 Corinthians 8:1Now, brothers, we want you to know about the grace that God has given the churches of Macedonia.
  14. 2 Corinthians 8:9For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, so that you through His poverty might become rich.
  15. 2 Corinthians 8:16But thanks be to God, who put into the heart of Titus the same devotion I have for you.
  16. James 1:17Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, with whom there is no change or shifting shadow.

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