Matthew 21:45
And when the chief priests and Pharishee heard his comparisons, they knew that concerning themselves he had spoken.
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
In The King James Version
In Context
46And they sought to apprehend him, but feared the people, because as a prophet they regarded him.
Cross References
Matthew 12:12How much more precious is a child of man than a sheep! Wherefore it is lawful on the sabbath-day to do that which is good.
Luke 20:19But the chief priests and Sophree sought to lay hands on him in that very hour; but they feared the people, for they knew that concerning them(selves) he had spoken this parable.
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 →