Matthew 21:45 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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

Matthew 21:45 Cross References

Matthew 12:12

How much then is a man of more value than a sheep! Wherefore it is lawful to do good on the sabbath day.

Matthew 13:3

And he spake to them many things in parables, saying, Behold, the sower went forth to sow;

Matthew 21:44

And he that falleth on this stone shall be broken to pieces: but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will scatter him as dust.

Matthew 21:46

And when they sought to lay hold on him, they feared the multitudes, because they took him for a prophet.

Luke 11:45

And one of the lawyers answering saith unto him, Master, in saying this thou reproachest us also.

Luke 20:19

And the scribes and the chief priests sought to lay hands on him in that very hour; and they feared the people: for they perceived that he spake this parable against them.