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.
And having threatened them further, they released them, finding no way of punishing them, because of the people, because they were all praising Elohim for what had been done.
And as the high priest and the captain of the Set-apart Place and the chief priests heard these words, they were puzzled and wondered what this might be.