Matthew 21:45

And when his stories came to the ears of the chief priests and the Pharisees, they saw that he was talking of them.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

And when the chief priests and Pharisees had heard his parables, they perceived that he spake of them.

In Context

44Any man falling on this stone will be broken, but he on whom it comes down will be crushed to dust.

46And though they had a desire to take him, they were in fear of the people, because in their eyes he was a prophet.

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Cross References

Matthew 12:12Of how much more value is a man than a sheep! For this reason it is right to do good on the Sabbath day.

Luke 20:19And the chief priests and the scribes made attempts to get their hands on him in that very hour; and they were in fear of the people, for they saw that he had made up this story against them.

Matthew Henry on Matthew 21:34-46

The Parable of the Wicked Husbandmen. 33 Hear another parable: There was a certain householder, which planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and digged a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country: 34 And when the time of the fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the husbandmen, that they might receive the fruits of it. 35 And the husbandmen took his servants, and beat one, and killed another, and stoned another. 36 Again, he sent other servants more… Read the whole commentary →

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