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


In Context

42 Jesus said to them, "Have you never read in the Scriptures: " 'The stone the builders rejected has become the capstone ; the Lord has done this, 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 the Pharisees heard Jesus' parables, they knew he was talking about them.

46 They looked for a way to arrest him, but they were afraid of the crowd because the people held that he was 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 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 American Standard 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 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.