Matthew 21:45

Now when the chief priests and Pharisees heard His parables, they knew that He was speaking about them.

English Majority Text (NT)

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 he who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces; but on whomever it falls, it will grind him to powder.”

46And seeking to seize Him, they feared the crowds, since they considered Him to be a prophet.

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Cross References

Matthew 12:12How much more valuable then is a man than a sheep! So then it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath.”

Luke 20:19And the chief priests and the scribes sought to lay hands on Him that very hour, but they were afraid—for they knew that He had spoken this parable against them. 1 The Question of Paying Taxes

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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