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Matthew 21:3

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And if any man say ought unto you, ye shall say, The Lord hath need of them; and straightway he will send them.
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  1. 2 Corinthians 8:1–2Rank 1 from verse 3
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    1MOREOVER, brethren, we do you to wit of the grace of God bestowed on the churches of Macedonia;

    2How that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded unto the riches of their liberality.

  2. Acts 17:25Rank 2 from verse 3
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    25Neither is worshipped with men’s hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things;

  3. 2 Corinthians 8:9Rank 3 from verse 3
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    9For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich.

  4. John 3:35Rank 4 from verse 3
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    35The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand.

  5. Psalms 50:10–11Rank 5 from verse 3
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    10For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills.

    11I know all the fowls of the mountains: and the wild beasts of the field are mine.

  6. Ezra 1:5Rank 6 from verse 3
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    5¶ Then rose up the chief of the fathers of Judah and Benjamin, and the priests, and the Levites, with all them whose spirit God had raised, to go up to build the house of the Lord which is in Jerusalem.

  7. Ezra 7:27Rank 7 from verse 3
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    27¶ Blessed be the Lord God of our fathers, which hath put such a thing as this in the king’s heart, to beautify the house of the Lord which is in Jerusalem:

  8. Haggai 2:8–9Rank 8 from verse 3
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    8The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, saith the Lord of hosts.

    9The glory of this latter house shall be greater than of the former, saith the Lord of hosts: and in this place will I give peace, saith the Lord of hosts.

  9. John 17:2Rank 9 from verse 3
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    2As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him.

  10. Psalms 24:1Rank 10 from verse 3
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    1THE earth is the Lord’s, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.

  11. 1 Kings 17:9Rank 11 from verse 3
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    9Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which belongeth to Zidon, and dwell there: behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to sustain thee.

  12. 1 Samuel 10:26Rank 12 from verse 3
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    26¶ And Saul also went home to Gibeah; and there went with him a band of men, whose hearts God had touched.

  13. 2 Corinthians 8:16Rank 13 from verse 3
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    16But thanks be to God, which put the same earnest care into the heart of Titus for you.

  14. Ezra 1:1Rank 14 from verse 3
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    1NOW in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying,

  15. 1 Chronicles 29:14–16Rank 15 from verse 3
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    14But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to offer so willingly after this sort? for all things come of thee, and of thine own have we given thee.

    15For we are strangers before thee, and sojourners, as were all our fathers: our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is none abiding.

    16O Lord our God, all this store that we have prepared to build thee an house for thine holy name cometh of thine hand, and is all thine own.

  16. James 1:17Rank 16 from verse 3
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    17Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.

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Matthew 21:3

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man

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1. A human being or person. 2. Mankind collectively. 3. A male person.

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say

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Sense 1: To speak, declare, tell, or express. Sense 2: What is said.

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you

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The second-person plural pronoun referring to those being addressed.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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ye

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The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.

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shall

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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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Lord

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1. A title of God or Jesus Christ acknowledging authority and rule. 2. A respectful title or address for one in authority.

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need

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Sense 1: Want: occasion for something; necessity; a state that requires supply or relief. Sense 2: To require or lack something necessary.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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21:1AND when they drew nigh unto Jerusalem, and were come to Bethphage, unto the mount of Olives, then sent Jesus two disciples,

21:2Saying 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.

21:3And if any man say ought unto you, ye shall say, The Lord hath need of them; and straightway he will send them.

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21:4All this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying,

21:5Tell ye the daughter of Sion, Behold, thy King cometh unto thee, meek, and sitting upon an ass, and a colt the foal of an ass.

21:6And the disciples went, and did as Jesus commanded them,

21:7And brought the ass, and the colt, and put on them their clothes, and they set him thereon.

21:8And a very great multitude spread their garments in the way; others cut down branches from the trees, and strawed them in the way.

21:9And the multitudes that went before, and that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna to the Son of David: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest.

21:10And when he was come into Jerusalem, all the city was moved, saying, Who is this?

21:11And the multitude said, This is Jesus the prophet of Nazareth of Galilee.

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