NET Bible
"When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they realized that he was speaking about them."
— Matthew 21:45, NET Bible
“And when the chief priests and Pharisees had heard his parables, they perceived that he spake of them.”
“And when the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they perceived that he spake of them. ”
“When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they perceived that he spoke about them.”
“And when the chief priests and Pharisees had heard his parables, they knew that he spoke of them.”
“And when his stories came to the ears of the chief priests and the Pharisees, they saw that he was talking of them.”
“And when the chief priests and Pharisees had heard his parables, they perceived that he spake of them.”
Jesus said to them,“Have you never read in the scriptures:‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. This is from the Lord, and it is marvelous in our eyes’?
For this reason I tell you that the kingdom of God will be taken from you and given to a people who will produce its fruit.
The one who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, and the one on whom it falls will be crushed.”
When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they realized that he was speaking about them.
They wanted to arrest him, but they were afraid of the crowds, because the crowds regarded him as a prophet.