When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they perceived that he spoke about them.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Matthew 21:45 in context
Matthew 21:42–46
42
Jesus said to them, “Did you never read in the Scriptures,
‘The stone which the builders rejected
was made the head of the corner.
This was from the Lord.
It is marvelous in our eyes’?
43
“Therefore I tell you, God’s Kingdom will be taken away from you and will be given to a nation producing its fruit.
44
He who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, but on whomever it will fall, it will scatter him as dust.”
45
Selected verse
When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they perceived that he spoke about them.
46
When they sought to seize him, they feared the multitudes, because they considered him to be a prophet.
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