Matthew 21:3

Matthew 21:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And if any man say ought unto you, ye shall say, The Lord hath need of them; and straightway he will send them.
• New International Version (NIV)If anyone says anything to you, say that the Lord needs them, and he will send them right away.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)If anyone says anything to you, you shall say, 'The Lord needs them,' and he will send them at once."
• New King James Version (NKJV)And if anyone says anything to you, you shall say, ‘The Lord has need of them,’ and immediately he will send them.”

Context of Matthew 21:3

1Jesus and his 12 disciples were coming near to Jerusalem. They came to the village called Bethphage. They were on the Mount of Olives. Then Jesus sent two of his disciples to go further. 2He said to them, ‘Go into the village that is in front of you. When you arrive there, you will immediately see a donkey tied there with her young donkey. Undo the ropes and bring both the donkeys here to me. Someone may ask you, “What are you doing?” Then say, “The Master needs them. He will send them back to you soon.” ’ 4A prophet had spoken a message from God about this long ago. Now it became true. 5‘Say to the people in Jerusalem, “Look, your king is coming to you. He does not come like someone who thinks that he is important. He is riding on a donkey. Yes, he is riding on a young donkey.” ’

Matthew 21:3 word by word

καὶ ἐάν τις ὑμῖν εἴπῃ τι, ἐρεῖτε ὅτι ὁ κύριος αὐτῶν χρείαν ἔχει, εὐθὺς δὲ ἀποστελεῖ αὐτούς.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• ifἐάνean · ifG1437
• anyτιςtis · oneG5100
• sayλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• unto youσύsu · youG4771
• ye shall sayἐρῶereō · to sayG2046
• ·ὅτιhoti · that/since: thatG3754
• The Lordὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• The Lordκύριοςkurios · lord: GodG2962
• hathἔχωechō · to have/beG2192
• needχρείαchreia · needG5532
• of themαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• andδέde · thenG1161
• straightwayεὐθέωςeutheōs · immediatelyG2112
• he will sendἀποστέλλωapostellō · to sendG649

Cross-references for Matthew 21:3

• 1 Chronicles 29:14But I and my people are like nothing. How are we able to give all these gifts to help your work? Everything that we have comes from you. So we are giving back to you things that already belong to you.
• Psalms 24:1The whole earth belongs to the Lord. Everybody who lives in the world and all the things in it belong to him.
• Psalms 50:10All the wild animals of the forest belong to me! All the cows on a thousand hills belong to me!
• Haggai 2:8Yes, all the silver and gold in the world belongs to me. And I promise you this:
• John 3:35The Father loves the Son. He has given his Son authority over all things.
• John 17:2You gave me authority over all people. You did this so that I could give people life for ever. Those are the people that you gave to me.
• Acts 17:25People make things to give to God. But God does not need anything like that. It is God himself who causes everyone to live. He gives them everything that they need.
• 2 Corinthians 8:9You know that our Lord Jesus Christ is very kind. He was rich, but he made himself poor to help you. So then, because he became poor, you could become rich.
• 1 Samuel 10:26Saul himself went back to his home at Gibeah. A group of brave men went with him. God had caused them to want to do that.
• 1 Kings 17:9‘Go now to Zarephath in the region of Sidon. Go and live there. I have told a widow who lives there that she must give you food to eat.’
• Ezra 1:1In the first year that Cyrus, king of Persia, was ruling Babylon, the Lord put a thought in his mind. King Cyrus decided to send a message to everybody who lived in his kingdom. His message would cause what God had already spoken to his prophet Jeremiah to become true. The message was written down and people took it all over Cyrus's kingdom. It said:
• Ezra 7:27I praise the Lord, the God that our ancestors worshipped. He has caused the king to give honour to him. He made the king decide to make the Lord's temple in Jerusalem very great.
• 2 Corinthians 8:1My Christian friends, let me tell you about the believers in the churches in Macedonia. God has been very kind to them.
• James 1:17Remember that every good gift comes to us from God. He only does what will help us. He is our Father in heaven. He made everything in the sky that gives us light. Those things do not give us the same light all the time. They change, but God does not change.

Commentaries on Matthew 21:3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3The Lord (the proprietor of all things) hath need of them - Jesus is continually humbling himself, to show us how odious pride is in the sight of God: but in his humility he is ever giving proofs of his almighty power, that the belief of his divinity may be established.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3The Lord hath need of them - This means no more than the “master” has need of them. The word “Lord” often means no more than “master” as opposed to servant, Matthew 10:24; Ephesians 6:5; 1 Peter 3:5-6. The word is sometimes used in the Bible as applied to God, or as a translation of the name Yahweh. Its common use is a mere title of respect given by an inferior to a superior, by a servant to a master, by a disciple to a teacher. As a title of “high…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3Jesus was revealing himself as the Lord who, as king of Israel, goes up to Mount Zion on a donkey (Matthew 21:5; see Zechariah 9:9).Read the comment

Topics related to Matthew 21:3

• Jesus, the Christ

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• Authority
• Daughter
• Grind
• Loose
• Move
• Presently
• Reverence
• Seat
• Thief
• Jesus Christ

Commentaries on Matthew 21

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings