Matthew 21:45

And when the chief priests and Pharisees had heard his parables, they perceived that he spoke of them.

Updated King James Version

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

44And whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken: but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.

46But when they sought to lay hands on him, they feared the multitude, because they took him for a prophet.

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Cross References

Matthew 12:12How much then is a man better than a sheep? Wherefore it is lawful to do well on the sabbath days.

Luke 20:19And the chief priests and the scribes the same hour sought to lay hands on him; and they feared the people: for they perceived 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 →

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