Bible verse

Matthew 21:45

When the chief priests and Pharisees heard His parables, they knew that Jesus was speaking about them.

Matthew 21:45 · BSB

Matthew 21:45 in context

The verses around it, from Matthew 21.

41 “He will bring those wretches to a wretched end,” they replied, “and will rent out the vineyard to other tenants who will give him his share of the fruit at harvest time.”

42 Jesus said to them, “Have you never read in the Scriptures: ‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. This is from the Lord, and it is marvelous in our eyes’?

43 Therefore I tell you that the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people who will produce its fruit.

44 He who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, but he on whom it falls will be crushed.”

45 When the chief priests and Pharisees heard His parables, they knew that Jesus was speaking about them.

46 Although they wanted to arrest Him, they were afraid of the crowds, because the people regarded Him as a prophet.

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Matthew 21:45 in other translations

KJV

And when the chief priests and Pharisees had heard his parables, they perceived that he spake of them.

ASV

And when the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they perceived that he spake of them.

ERV

And when the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they perceived that he spake of them.

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