Matthew 21:45
“And when the chiefe Priests and Pharisees had heard his parables, they perceiued that he spake of them.”
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Matthew 21:45 Context
43Therefore say I vnto you, the kingdome of God shall be taken from you, and giuen to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof. 44And whosoeuer shall fall on this stone, shalbe broken: but on whom soeuer it shall fall, it will grinde him to powder. 45And when the chiefe Priests and Pharisees had heard his parables, they perceiued that he spake of them. 46But when they sought to lay hands on him, they feared the multitude, because they tooke him for a Prophet.
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Other Translations for Matthew 21:45
And when the chief priests and Pharisees had heard his parables, they perceived that he spake of them.
- King James Version
When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard His parables, they understood that He was speaking about them.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
And when the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they perceived that he spake of them.
- American Standard Version (1901)
And when his stories came to the ears of the chief priests and the Pharisees, they saw that he was talking of them.
- Basic English Bible
And the chief priests and the Pharisees, having heard his parables, knew that he spoke about them.
- Darby Bible
And when the chief priests and Pharisees had heard his parables, they perceived that he spoke of them.
- Webster's Bible
After listening to His parables the High Priests and the Pharisees perceived that He was speaking about them;
- Weymouth Bible
When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they perceived that he spoke about them.
- World English Bible
And whanne the princes of prestis and Farisees hadden herd hise parablis, thei knewen that he seide of hem.
- Wycliffe Bible
And the chief priests and the Pharisees having heard his similes, knew that of them he speaketh,
- Youngs Literal Bible
People's Bible Notes for Matthew 21:45
Mt 21:45 When the chief priests and Pharisees had heard, etc. When the application of the parable was made, they perceived that they were meant and that they had condemned themselves.