Matthew 21:45 - The Scriptures 2009

⁴⁵ And the chief priests and Pharisees, having heard His parables, knew that He was speaking 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 more worth is a man than a sheep! So it is right to do good on the Sabbath.

Matthew 13:3

And He spoke to them much in parables, saying, “See, the sower went out to sow.

Matthew 21:44

“And he who falls on this stone shall be broken, but on whomever it falls, he shall be pulverised.”

Matthew 21:46

And seeking to lay hands on Him, they feared the crowds, seeing they held Him to be a prophet.

Luke 11:45

And one of those learned in the Torah, answering, said to Him, “Teacher, when You say this You insult us too.”

Luke 20:19

And the chief priests and the scribes sought to lay hands on Him in the same hour, but they feared the people, for they knew that He had spoken this parable against them.