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.
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Luke 19:31
Luke 19:31
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