Luke 20:19

And the chief priests and the scholars sought to throw hands on him in the same hour. And they were afraid, for they knew that he spoke this parable against them.

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In The King James Version

And the chief priests and the scribes the same hour sought to lay hands on him; and they feared the people: for they perceived that he had spoken this parable against them.

In Context

18Every man who falls on that stone will be broken, but on whomever it may fall, it will grind him to dust.

20And having watched him, they sent forth insidious men pretending themselves to be righteous, so that they might take hold of his word, in order to deliver him up to the rule and to the authority of the governor.

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Cross References

Matthew 21:45And when the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they knew that he spoke about them.

Mark 12:12And they sought to seize him. And they feared the multitude, for they knew that he spoke the parable against them. And having left him, they went away.

Luke 20:14But when the farmers saw him, they deliberated among themselves, saying, This is the heir. Come, let us kill him, so that the inheritance may become ours.

Matthew Henry on Luke 20:10-20

The Husbandmen and the Vineyard. 9 Then began he to speak to the people this parable; A certain man planted a vineyard, and let it forth to husbandmen, and went into a far country for a long time. 10 And at the season he sent a servant to the husbandmen, that they should give him of the fruit of the vineyard: but the husbandmen beat him, and sent him away empty. 11 And again he sent another servant: and they beat him also, and entreated him shamefully, and sent him away empty. 12 And again he sent a third: and… Read the whole commentary →

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