Matthew 21:45
And the chief priests and Pharisees, hearing his parables, knew that he spoke of them.
The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)
In The King James Version
In Context
46And they sought to lay hold of him, but feared the multitudes, since they held him as a prophet.
Cross References
Matthew 12:12How much better then is a man than a sheep! So that it is lawful to do well on the sabbath.
Luke 20:19And the scribes and the chief priests sought to lay hands on him in that hour; and they feared the people; for they knew that he spoke this parable 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 →