Mark 11:3-6

11:3 If anyone says to you, ‘Why are you doing this?’ say, ‘The Lord needs it ¹  and will send it back here soon.’” 11:4 So ²  they went and found a colt tied at a door, outside in the street, and untied it. 11:5 Some people standing there said to them, “What are you doing, untying that colt?” 11:6 They replied as Jesus had told them, and the bystanders ³  let them go.

¹ sn The custom called angaria allowed the impressment of animals for service to a significant figure.

² tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of previous action(s) in the narrative.

³ tn Grk “they”; the referent (the people mentioned in v. 5) has been specified in the translation for clarity.