Matthew 21:45
And when the chief priests and Pharisees heard his parables, they knew that he was speaking concerning them.
Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
46And they sought to apprehend him; but were afraid of the people, for they held him as a prophet.
Cross References
Matthew 12:12Of how much more value then is a man than a sheep? Wherefore it is lawful to do good on the sabbath days.
Luke 20:19And the chief priests and the scribes sought to lay hands on him at that time; and were afraid of the people: for they knew that 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 →