And if any man ask you, Why do ye loose him? thus shall ye say unto him, Because the Lord hath need of him.

And if any one ask you, Why do ye loose him? thus shall ye say, The Lord hath need of him.

And if any man shall ask you: Why do you loose him? you shall say thus unto him: Because the Lord hath need of his service.

And if any one ask you, Why do ye loose it? thus shall ye say to him, Because the Lord has need of it.

and if any one doth question you, Wherefore do ye loose it? thus ye shall say to him, The Lord hath need of it.'

And if any one asks you, 'Why are you untying the colt?' simply say, 'The Master needs it.'"

And if anyone says to you, Why are you taking him? say, The Lord has need of him.

And if anyone will ask you, 'Why are you untying it?' you shall say this to him: 'Because the Lord has requested its service.' "

And if any man ask you, why do ye loose him?.... As our Lord, being God omniscient, knew this question would be asked by the owners, and therefore prepares his disciples with an answer to it:
thus shall ye say unto him, because the Lord hath need of him. The Syriac and Persic versions read "our Lord", yours, and ours; probably the owners of the colt might be such as knew the Lord Jesus Christ, and by this way of speaking of him, knew, at once, who was meant, and so made no scruple of sending him, as Christ told them they would not, and so they found it; See Gill on Matthew 21: 3 and See Gill on Mark 9:3

the Lord hath need, &c.--He both knew all and had the key of the human heart. (See on Luke 19:5.) Perhaps the owner was a disciple.