Matthew 21:45

When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard Jesus' parables, they knew he was speaking about them.

Text-Critical English 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

44He who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, but anyone on whom it falls will be crushed.”

46Although they were looking for a way to arrest him, they were afraid of the crowds, because the people regarded him as a prophet.

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Cross References

Matthew 12:12Of how much more value is a person than a sheep! So then, it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath.”

Luke 20:19Then the chief priests and the scribes wanted to arrest him at that very hour, for they knew he had spoken this parable against them, but they were afraid.

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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