Matthew 21:45

As they listened to his parables, the chief priests and the Pharisees recognized that he was speaking about them;

Montgomery New Testament

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

44"He who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces; but he upon whom it falls will be scattered as dust."

46but although they longed to apprehend him, they were afraid of the crowds, because they held him to be a prophet.

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Cross References

Matthew 12:12"And how much more is a man worth than a sheep? Therefore it is right to do good on the Sabbath."

Luke 20:19At this the Scribes and the high priests were seeking to arrest him; only they were afraid of the people. For they perceived that he had referred to them in 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 →

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