45And when the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they perceived that he spake of them.


In Context

42 Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, The same was made the head of the corner; This was from the Lord, And it is marvelous in our eyes?

43 Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken away from you, and shall be given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof.

44 And he that falleth on this stone shall be broken to pieces: but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will scatter him as dust.

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

46 And when they sought to lay hold on him, they feared the multitudes, because they took him for a prophet.

Matthew 21:45 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

21:45And when the chief priests and Pharisees had heard his parables, they perceived that he spake of them.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

21:45When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard Jesus' parables, they knew he was talking about them.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

21:45And when the chief priests and Pharisees had heard his parables, they knew that he spoke of them.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:45And the chief priests and the Pharisees, having heard his parables, knew that he spoke about them.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

21:45And when the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they perceived that he spake of them.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:45And when the chief priests and Pharisees had heard his parables, they perceived that he spoke of them.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:45When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they perceived that he spoke about them.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

21:45And the chief priests and the Pharisees having heard his similes, knew that of them he speaketh,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

21:45And when the chief priests and Pharisees had heard his parables, they perceived that he spoke of them.