Luk 19:31 | CPDV | STEP | And if anyone will ask you, ‘Why are you untying it?’ you shall say this to him: ‘Because the Lord has requested its service.’ ”

Luke 19:31

31 And if anyone will ask you, ‘Why are you untying it?’ you shall say this to him: ‘Because the Lord has requested its service.’ ” ^{▼▼19:31This is an example of the doctrine of expropriation, in which goods belonging to another can be taken, in some cases of need, without stealing, because all goods belong first and foremost to the Lord.(Conte)}