Matthew 21:3
If anyone asks you what you're doing, just tell them, ‘The Lord needs them,’ and they will send them right away.”
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4This was to fulfill what the prophet said:
Cross References
1 Kings 17:9“Leave here and go to Zarephath near Sidon and stay there. I have given instructions to a widow there to provide you with food.”
Ezra 1:1In order to fulfill the Lord's prophecy given through Jeremiah, the Lord encouraged Cyrus, king of Persia, to issue a proclamation throughout his kingdom and also to put it in writing, saying,
Ezra 7:27Praise the Lord, the God of our forefathers, who put into the king's mind to honor the Lord's Temple in Jerusalem in this way,
Psalms 50:10for I own all the animals of the forest, and the cattle on a thousand hills belong to me.
John 3:35The Father loves the Son and has placed everything in his hands.
Acts 17:25He doesn't need to be served by us as if he needed anything, since he is the source of all life for every living being.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 21:2-12
Christ's Entrance into Jerusalem. 1 And when they drew nigh unto Jerusalem, and were come to Bethphage, unto the mount of Olives, then sent Jesus two disciples, 2 Saying unto them, Go into the village over against you, and straightway ye shall find an ass tied, and a colt with her: loose them, and bring them unto me. 3 And if any man say ought unto you, ye shall say, The Lord hath need of them; and straightway he will send them. 4 All this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet,… Read the whole commentary →