Mark 11:3
And if any man say unto you, Why do ye this? say ye that the Lord hath need of him; and straightway he will send him hither.
Cross-reference
Mark 14:15 also shows Jesus sending disciples for a prepared room — identical pattern of divine provision.
Mark 14:14 parallels the formulaic instruction — 'The Teacher says' echoes 'The Lord has need of it' — showing Jesus' authority.
Mark 14:13 shows a similar pattern: Jesus sending disciples with specific instructions to find a man carrying water — another example of his foreknowledge.
Matthew 21:2 adds that the colt is with its mother donkey, a detail not in Mark's account.
Luke 19:31 is the parallel account, nearly identical in wording — 'The Lord has need of it' — confirming the event.
Acts 17:25 says God needs nothing — contrasting with Jesus here needing a colt, highlighting his voluntary lowliness.
2 Corinthians 8:9 describes Christ's poverty for our sake — parallel to the Lord's need for a borrowed colt.