Luke 19:34

Amplified Bible

They said, "The Lord needs it."

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
“The Lord needs it,” they said.

King James Version (1611)
And they said, The Lord hath need of him.

King James Version
And they said, The Lord hath need of him.

English Standard Version
And they said, "The Lord has need of it."

New American Standard Bible
They said, "The Lord has need of it."

New Century Version
The followers answered, "The Master needs it."

Legacy Standard Bible
And they said, "The Lord has need of it."

Berean Standard Bible
"The Lord needs it," they answered.

Contemporary English Version
They answered, "The Lord needs it."

Complete Jewish Bible
and they said, "Because the Lord needs it."

Darby Translation
And they said, Because the Lord has need of it.

Easy-to-Read Version
The followers answered, "The Master needs it."

Geneva Bible (1587)
And they sayd, The Lorde hath neede of him.

George Lamsa Translation
And they said to them, Our Lord needs it.

Good News Translation
"The Master needs it," they answered,

Lexham English Bible
So they said, ‘The Lord has need of it.'

Literal Translation
And they said, The Lord has need of it.

American Standard Version
And they said, The Lord hath need of him.

Bible in Basic English
And they said, The Lord has need of him.

Hebrew Names Version
They said, 'The Lord needs it.'

International Standard Version
The disciplesThey">[fn] answered, "The Lord needs it."

Etheridge Translation
And they said to them, Because by our Lord it is requested.

Murdock Translation
And they said: Because our Lord needeth him.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And they sayde: For the Lorde hath neede of hym.

English Revised Version
And they said, The Lord hath need of him.

World English Bible
They said, 'The Lord needs it.'

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And they said, The Lord hath need of him.

Weymouth's New Testament
and they replied, "The Master needs it."

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And thei seiden, For the Lord hath nede to hym.

Update Bible Version
And they said, The Lord has need of him.

Webster's Bible Translation
And they said, The Lord hath need of him.

New English Translation
They replied, "The Lord needs it."

New King James Version
And they said, "The Lord has need of him."

New Living Translation
And the disciples simply replied, "The Lord needs it."

New Life Bible
They answered, "The Lord needs it."

New Revised Standard
They said, "The Lord needs it."

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, they, said - His Lord, hath, need.

Douay-Rheims Bible
But they said: Because the Lord hath need of him.

Revised Standard Version
And they said, "The Lord has need of it."

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And they sayde: for ye Lorde hath nede of him.

Young's Literal Translation
and they said, `The Lord hath need of it;'

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
They sayde: The LORDE hath nede therof.

Mace New Testament (1729)
they answer'd, because the Lord has occasion for it.

THE MESSAGE
They said, "His Master needs him."

Simplified Cowboy Version
The two cowboys said, "The Top Hand needs it for a little while."

New American Standard Bible (1995)
They said, "The Lord has need of it."

Contextual Overview

²⁸After saying these things, Jesus went on ahead [of them], going up to Jerusalem. ²⁹When He approached Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount that is called Olivet, He sent two of the disciples, ³⁰saying, "Go into the village ahead of you; there, as you enter, you will find a [donkey's] colt tied, on which no one has ever sat. Untie it and bring it here. ³¹"If anybody asks you, 'Why are you untying the colt?' you will say, 'The Lord needs it.'" ³²So those who were sent left and found the colt just as He had told them. ³³As they were untying the colt, its owners asked them, "Why are you untying the colt?" ³⁴They said, "The Lord needs it."³⁵They brought it to Jesus, and they threw their robes over the colt and put Jesus on it. ³⁶As He rode along, people were spreading their coats on the road [as an act of homage before a king]. ³⁷As soon as He was approaching [Jerusalem], near the descent of the Mount of Olives, the entire multitude of the disciples [all those who were or claimed to be His followers] began praising God [adoring Him enthusiastically and] joyfully with loud voices for all the miracles and works of power that they had seen,

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Zechariah 9:9, John 10:35, John 12:16, 2 Corinthians 8:9

Reciprocal: Luke 22:11 - The Master John 4:1 - the Lord

Cross-References

Isaiah 3:9
Their partiality testifies against them, They display their sin like Sodom; They do not even hide it. Woe (judgment is coming) to them! For they have brought evil on themselves [as a reward].

Jeremiah 3:3
"Therefore the showers have been withheld, And there has been no spring rain. Yet you have the forehead (appearance) of a prostitute; You refuse to be ashamed.

Jeremiah 5:3
O LORD, do not Your eyes look for truth? You [have seen their faithless heart and] have stricken them, But they did not weaken; You have consumed them, But they refused to take correction or instruction. They have made their faces harder than rock; They have refused to repent and return to You.

Jeremiah 6:15
"Were they ashamed because they had committed disgusting and vile things? No, they were not at all ashamed; They did not even know how to blush [at their idolatry]. Therefore they will fall among those who fall; At the time that I punish them They will be overthrown," says the LORD.

Jeremiah 8:12
"Were they ashamed because of the extremely disgusting and shamefully vile things they had done? They were not at all ashamed, And they did not know how to blush. Therefore, they shall fall among those who fall; At the time of their punishment they shall be overthrown," Says the LORD.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And they said, the Lord hath need of him. Or, our Lord, as the above versions in verse 31 (Vulgate Latin and Ethiopic). They used the words Christ directed them to, and it had the effect he said it would; for the owners both let them go, and the colt with them directly; :- and

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Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See the notes at Matthew 21:1-16.