Matthew Chapter 21 verse 45 Holy Bible
And when the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they perceived that he spake of them.
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And when his stories came to the ears of the chief priests and the Pharisees, they saw that he was talking of them.
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And the chief priests and the Pharisees, having heard his parables, knew that he spoke about them.
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And when the chief priests and Pharisees had heard his parables, they perceived that he spake of them.
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When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they perceived that he spoke about them.
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And the chief priests and the Pharisees having heard his similes, knew that of them he speaketh,
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 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.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(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.