Matthew 21:45

And when the leaders of the priests, and the Pharisees had heard his parables, they knew that he was speaking about them.

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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

44And whoever will have fallen on this stone shall be broken, yet truly, on whomever it shall fall, it will crush him.”

46And though they sought to take hold of him, they feared the crowds, because they held him to be a prophet.

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Cross References

Matthew 12:12How much better is a man than a sheep? And so, it is lawful to do good on the Sabbaths.”

Luke 20:19And the leaders of the priests, and the scribes, were seeking to lay hands on him in that same hour, but they feared the people. For they realized that he had spoken this parable about 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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