declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times things that are not [yet] done; saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure;
The chief Kohanim and the scribes heard it, and sought how they might destroy him. For they feared him, because all the multitude was astonished at his teaching.
The chief Kohanim and the scribes sought to lay hands on him that very hour, but they feared the people--for they knew he had spoken this parable against them.
Therefore they took up stones to throw at him, but Yeshua was hidden, and went out of the temple, having gone through the midst of them, and so passed by.