Matthew 21:45 - English Majority Text Version 2009

⁴⁵ Now when the chief priests and Pharisees heard His parables, they knew that He was speaking about them.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴⁵ And when the chief priests and Pharisees had heard his parables, they perceived that he spake of them.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴⁵ And when the chief priests and the Pharisees heard His parables (comparisons, stories used to illustrate and explain), they perceived that He was talking about them.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴⁵ And when the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they perceived that he spake of them.

Common English Bible

⁴⁵ Now when the chief priests and the Pharisees heard the parable, they knew Jesus was talking about them.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴⁵ And when the leaders of the priests, and the Pharisees had heard his parables, they knew that he was speaking about them.

Matthew 21:45 Cross References

Matthew 12:12

How much more valuable then is a man than a sheep! So then it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath."

Matthew 13:3

And He spoke to them many things in parables, saying: "Behold, a sower went out to sow.

Matthew 21:44

And he who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces; but on whomever it falls, it will grind him to powder."

Matthew 21:46

And seeking to seize Him, they feared the crowds, since they considered Him as a prophet.

Luke 11:45

Then one of the lawyers answered and said to Him, "Teacher, by saying these things You insult us also."

Luke 20:19

And the chief priests and the scribes sought to lay hands on Him that very hour, but they were afraid-for they knew that He had spoken this parable against them.