When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they perceived that he spoke about them.
Of how much more value then is a man than a sheep! Therefore it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath day.”
He spoke to them many things in parables, saying, “Behold, a farmer went out to sow.
He who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, but on whomever it will fall, it will scatter him as dust.”
When they sought to seize him, they feared the multitudes, because they considered him to be a prophet.
One of the Torah scholars answered him, “Rabbi, in saying this you insult us also.”
The chief priests 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.