Matthew 21:45

And the chief priests and Pharisees hearing His parables, knew that He speaks concerning them.

1902 William Baxter Godbey 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

46And seeking to arrest Him, they feared the multitudes, since they held Him as a prophet.

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Cross References

Matthew 12:12Therefore how much more valuable is a man than a sheep? So it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath.

Luke 20:19And the chief priests and scribes sought to lay hands on Him at this hour, and feared the people; for they knew that He spoke 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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