¹¹ and say to the owner of the house, ‘The Teacher asks: Where is the guest room, where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?’

²⁸ After she had said this, she went back and called her sister Mary aside. “The Teacher^(A) is here,” she said, “and is asking for you.”

³⁴ They replied, “The Lord needs it.”

³¹ If anyone asks you, ‘Why are you untying it?’ say, ‘The Lord needs it.’”

⁵ When Jesus reached the spot, he looked up and said to him, “Zacchaeus, come down immediately. I must stay at your house today.”

³ If anyone says anything to you, say that the Lord needs them, and he will send them right away.”