Matthew 21:45
New International Version
When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard Jesus’ parables, they knew he was talking about them.

New Living Translation
When the leading priests and Pharisees heard this parable, they realized he was telling the story against them—they were the wicked farmers.

English Standard Version
When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they perceived that he was speaking about them.

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

Berean Literal Bible
And the chief priests and the Pharisees, having heard His parables, knew that He speaks about them.

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

New King James Version
Now when the chief priests and Pharisees heard His parables, they perceived that He was speaking of them.

New American Standard Bible
When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard His parables, they understood that He was speaking about them.

NASB 1995
When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard His parables, they understood that He was speaking about them.

NASB 1977
And when the chief priests and the Pharisees heard His parables, they understood that He was speaking about them.

Legacy Standard Bible
And when the chief priests and the Pharisees heard His parables, they understood that He was speaking about them.

Amplified Bible
When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard His parables, they understood that He was talking about them.

Christian Standard Bible
When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they knew he was speaking about them.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard His parables, they knew He was speaking about them.

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

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And when the Chief Priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they knew that he had spoken against them.

Contemporary English Version
When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard these stories, they knew Jesus was talking about them.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And when the chief priests and Pharisees had heard his parables, they knew that he spoke of them.

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

GOD'S WORD® Translation
When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his illustrations, they knew that he was talking about them.

Good News Translation
The chief priests and the Pharisees heard Jesus' parables and knew that he was talking about them,

International Standard Version
When the high priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they knew that he was talking about them.

Literal Standard Version
And the chief priests and the Pharisees having heard His allegories, knew that He speaks of them,

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

New American Bible
When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they knew that he was speaking about them.

NET Bible
When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they realized that he was speaking about them.

New Revised Standard Version
When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they realized that he was speaking about them.

New Heart English Bible
When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they perceived that he spoke about them.

Webster's Bible Translation
And when the chief priests and Pharisees had heard his parables, they perceived that he spoke of them.

Weymouth New Testament
After listening to His parables the High Priests and the Pharisees perceived that He was speaking about them;

World English Bible
When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they perceived that he spoke about them.

Young's Literal Translation
And the chief priests and the Pharisees having heard his similes, knew that of them he speaketh,

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Context
The Parable of the Wicked Tenants
44He who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, but he on whom it falls will be crushed.” 45When the chief priests and Pharisees heard His parables, they knew that Jesus was speaking about them. 46Although they wanted to arrest Him, they were afraid of the crowds, because the people regarded Him as a prophet.…

Cross References
Matthew 13:3
And He told them many things in parables, saying, "A farmer went out to sow his seed.

Matthew 21:44
He who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, but he on whom it falls will be crushed."

Matthew 21:46
Although they wanted to arrest Him, they were afraid of the crowds, because the people regarded Him as a prophet.


Treasury of Scripture

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

they.

Matthew 12:12
How much then is a man better than a sheep? Wherefore it is lawful to do well on the sabbath days.

Luke 11:45
Then answered one of the lawyers, and said unto him, Master, thus saying thou reproachest us also.

Luke 20:19
And the chief priests and the scribes the same hour sought to lay hands on him; and they feared the people: for they perceived that he had spoken this parable against them.

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Matthew 21
1. Jesus rides into Jerusalem upon a donkey
12. drives the buyers and sellers out of the temple;
17. curses the fig tree;
23. puts to silence the priests and elders,
28. and rebukes them by the parable of the two sons,
33. and the husbandmen who slew such as were sent to them.














(45) They perceived that he spake of them.--The real or affected unconsciousness of the drift of our Lord's teaching was at last broken through. The last words had been too clear and pointed to leave any room for doubt, and they were roused to a passionate desire for revenge.

Verse 45. - Pharisees. They have not been specially mentioned hitherto, but they formed the majority in the Sanhedrin, and are properly here named by the evangelist. He spake of them. They could not fail, especially after ver. 43, to see the drift of the parables; their own consciences must have made them feel that they themselves were herein signified, their motives and conduct fully discovered. But, as bad men always act, instead of repenting of the evil, they are only exasperated against him who detected them, and only desire the more to wreak their vengeance upon him.

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Greek
When
Καὶ (Kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

the
οἱ (hoi)
Article - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

chief priests
ἀρχιερεῖς (archiereis)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's 749: High priest, chief priest. From arche and hiereus; the high-priest; by extension a chief priest.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

Pharisees
Φαρισαῖοι (Pharisaioi)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's 5330: Of Hebrew origin; a separatist, i.e. Exclusively religious; a Pharisean, i.e. Jewish sectary.

heard
ἀκούσαντες (akousantes)
Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's 191: To hear, listen, comprehend by hearing; pass: is heard, reported. A primary verb; to hear.

[Jesus’]
αὐτοῦ (autou)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

parables,
παραβολὰς (parabolas)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural
Strong's 3850: From paraballo; a similitude, i.e. fictitious narrative, apothegm or adage.

they knew
ἔγνωσαν (egnōsan)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's 1097: A prolonged form of a primary verb; to 'know' in a great variety of applications and with many implications.

He was speaking
λέγει (legei)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 3004: (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command.

about
περὶ (peri)
Preposition
Strong's 4012: From the base of peran; properly, through, i.e. Around; figuratively with respect to; used in various applications, of place, cause or time.

them.
αὐτῶν (autōn)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Plural
Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.


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