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Matthew 21:3

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If anyone questions you, tell him that the Lord needs them, and he will send them right away.”

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brownv. 3

THE AUTHORITY OF JESUS QUESTIONED AND THE REPLY--THE PARABLES OF THE TWO SONS, AND OF THE WICKED HUSBANDMAN. ( = Mark 11:27-12:12; Luke 20:1-19). (Mat. 21:23-46) By what authority doest thou these things!--referring particularly to the expulsion of the buyers and sellers from the temple, and who gave thee this authority?

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Tyndale Open Study Notesv. 3

21:3 Jesus was revealing himself as the Lord who, as king of Israel, ascends to Mount Zion on a donkey (21:5; see Zech 9:9).

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Strong's Concordancev. 3

καί (kaí, G2532) — and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other… ἐάν (eán, G1437) — a conditional particle; in case that, provided, etc.; often used in connection with other… τὶς (tìs, G5100) — some or any person or object ἔπω (épō, G2036) — to speak or say (by word or writing) ὑμῖν (hymîn, G5213) — to (with or by) you ἐρέω (eréō, G2046) — an alternate for G2036 (ἔπω) in certain tenses; to utter, i.e. speak or say ὅτι (hóti, G3754) — demonstrative, that (sometimes redundant); causative, because κύριος (kýrios, G2962) — supreme in authority, i.e. (as noun) controller; by implication, Master (as a respectful… ἔχω (échō, G2192) — to hold (used in very various applications, literally or figuratively, direct or remote;… χρεία (chreía, G5532) — employment, i.e. an affair; also (by implication) occasion, demand, requirement or… αὐτός (autós, G846) — the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative G1438 (ἑαυτοῦ)) of the… δέ (dé, G1161) — but, and, etc. εὐθέως (euthéōs, G2112) — directly, i.e. at once or soon ἀποστέλλω (apostéllō, G649) — set apart, i.e. (by implication) to send out (properly, on a mission) literally or…

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The Father loves the Son and has placed all things in His hands.

II Corinthians 8:9rank 5

For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, so that you through His poverty might become rich.

John 17:2rank 3

For You granted Him authority over all people, so that He may give eternal life to all those You have given Him.

Psalms 24:1rank 3

The earth is the LORD’s, and the fullness thereof, the world and all who dwell therein.

Ezra 7:27rank 3

Blessed be the LORD, the God of our fathers, who has put into the heart of the king to so honor the house of the LORD in Jerusalem,

Ezra 1:5rank 3

So the family heads of Judah and Benjamin, along with the priests and Levites—everyone whose spirit God had stirred—prepared to go up and rebuild the house of the LORD in Jerusalem.

Ezra 1:1rank 2

In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, to fulfill the word of the LORD spoken through Jeremiah, the LORD stirred the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia to send a proclamation throughout his kingdom and to put it in writing as follows:

I Kings 17:9rank 2

“Get up and go to Zarephath of Sidon, and stay there. Behold, I have commanded a widow there to provide for you.”

II Corinthians 8:16rank 2

But thanks be to God, who put into the heart of Titus the same devotion I have for you.

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