Matthew 21:45

And the chief priests and the Pharisees having heard his similes, knew that of them he speaketh,

Young's Literal Translation

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 who is falling on this stone shall be broken, and on whomsoever it may fall it will crush him to pieces.'

46and seeking to lay hold on him, they feared the multitudes, seeing they were holding him as a prophet.

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Cross References

Matthew 12:12How much better, therefore, is a man than a sheep? — so that it is lawful on the sabbaths to do good.'

Luke 20:19And the chief priests and the scribes sought to lay hands on him in that hour, and they feared the people, for they knew that against them he spake this simile.

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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