Matthew 21:45

And when the chief priests and pharisees heard his parables, they perceived that He spake of them:

1770 John Worsley 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

44And he that stumbleth at this stone shall be bruised, but on whomsoever it falls, it will crush him to pieces.

46and would have seized Him, but that they were afraid of the people; because they took Him for a prophet.

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Cross References

Matthew 12:12And of how much more worth is a man than a sheep? Sure then it is lawful to do good on the sabbath-days.

Luke 20:19And the chief priests and the scribes would have laid hands on Him at that very time, but were afraid of 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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