Matthew 21:45
And the Chief-priests and the Pharisees, hearing his parables, took note, that, concerning them, he was speaking.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
46And, seeking to secure him, they feared the multitudes; since, for a prophet, were they holding him.
Cross References
Matthew 12:12How much better, then, a man, than, a sheep? So that it is allowable, on the sabbath, nobly, to act.
Luke 20:19And the Scribes and the High-priests sought to thrust on him their hands, in that very hour; and feared the people; for they perceived that, against them, spake he 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 →