Matthew 21:45
When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they understood he was speaking about them.
Unlocked Literal Bible
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In Context
44Whoever falls on this stone will be broken to pieces. But anyone on whom it falls will be crushed.”
46Seeking to arrest him, they were afraid of the crowd, because the people regarded him as a prophet.
Cross References
Matthew 12:12How much more valuable, then, is a man than a sheep! Therefore it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath.”
Luke 20:19So the scribes and the chief priests sought to lay hands on him in that very hour, for they knew that he had spoken this parable against them. But they were afraid of the people.
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 →