The chief priests and the Pharisees heard Jesus' parables and knew that he was talking about them,
And a human being is worth much more than a sheep! So then, our Law does allow us to help someone on the Sabbath.”
He used parables to tell them many things. “Once there was a man who went out to sow grain.
so they tried to arrest him. But they were afraid of the crowds, who considered Jesus to be a prophet.
One of the teachers of the Law said to him, “Teacher, when you say this, you insult us too!”
The teachers of the Law and the chief priests tried to arrest Jesus on the spot, because they knew that he had told this parable against them; but they were afraid of the people.