Matius 21:2-3

21:2 telling them, “Go to the village ahead of you. ¹  Right away you will find a donkey tied there, and a colt with her. Untie them and bring them to me. 21:3 If anyone says anything to you, you are to say, ‘The Lord needs them,’ ²  and he will send them at once.”

[21:2]  ¹ tn Grk “the village lying before you” (BDAG 530 s.v. κατέναντι 2.b).

[21:3]  ² sn The custom called angaria allowed the impressment of animals for service to a significant figure.