When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard Jesus' parables, they knew he was speaking about them.
Of how much more value is a person than a sheep! So then, it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath.”
Then he told them many things in parables, saying, “Behold, a sower went out to sow.
He who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, but anyone on whom it falls will be crushed.”
Although they were looking for a way to arrest him, they were afraid of the crowds, because the people regarded him as a prophet.
In response one of the lawyers said to him, “Teacher, by saying these things, yoʋ insult us as well.”
Then the chief priests and the scribes wanted to arrest him at that very hour, for they knew he had spoken this parable against them, but they were afraid.