Then they tried to seize Him, but feared the people, for they knew that He had spoken the parable against them. So they left Him and went their way.
The scribes and chief priests heard it and looked for a way to kill Him. For they feared Him, because all the people were astonished at His teaching.
Some of them wanted to arrest Him, but no one laid hands on Him.
So they tried to seize Him, but no one laid hands on Him, because His hour had not yet come.
Then some of them from Jerusalem said, “Is this not He whom they seek to kill?
But if we say, ‘From men’ ”—they feared the people, for everyone held John to be a real prophet.
When they heard these words, they were amazed, and left Him and went on their way.
The chief priests and the scribes tried to lay their hands on Him that same hour, but they feared the people. For they perceived that He had told this parable against them.
But if we say, ‘From men,’ all the people will stone us, for they are persuaded that John was a prophet.”
But if we say, ‘From men,’ we are afraid of the people, for all hold John as a prophet.”