³²So those who were sent went and^* found it^* just as he had told them. ³³And as^* they were untying the colt, its owners said to them, ‘Why are you untying the colt?’ ³⁴So they said, ‘The Lord has need of it.’

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Footnotes

*Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“went”) has been translated as a finite verb
*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
*Here “as” is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle (“were untying”)

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

So those who were sent went away and found it just as he had told them. And as they were untying the colt, its owners said to them, “Why are you untying the colt?” And they said, “The Lord has need of it.”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Those who were sent ahead went and found it just as he had told them. As they were untying the colt, its owners asked them, “Why are you untying the colt?”

They replied, “The Lord needs it.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

So those who were sent left and found it just as he had told them. As they were untying the colt, its owners said to them, “Why are you untying the colt?”

“The Lord needs it,” they said.

NLTNew Living Translation

So they went and found the colt, just as Jesus had said. And sure enough, as they were untying it, the owners asked them, “Why are you untying that colt?”

And the disciples simply replied, “The Lord needs it.”

KJV 1900King James Version

And they that were sent went their way, and found even as he had said unto them. And as they were loosing the colt, the owners thereof said unto them, Why loose ye the colt? And they said, The Lord hath need of him.

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