Matthew 21:45

When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they perceived that he spoke 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

44He who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, but on whomever it will fall, it will scatter him as dust.”

46When they sought to seize him, they feared the multitudes, because they considered him to be a prophet.

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Cross References

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

Luke 20:19The chief priests and the scribes sought to lay hands on him that very hour, but they feared the people—for they knew he had spoken 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 →

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