Matthew 21:45
And when the chief priests and Pharisees had heard his parables, they perceived that he spake of them.
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- Matt 12:12 : 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 : 45 Then answered one of the lawyers, and said unto him, Master, thus saying thou reproachest us also.
- Luke 20:19 : 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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- Luke 20:17-204 verses83%
17 And he beheld them, and said, What is this then that is written, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner?
18 Whosoever shall fall upon that stone shall be broken; but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.
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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13 And they send unto him certain of the Pharisees and of the Herodians, to catch him in his words.
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46 But when they sought to lay hands on him, they feared the multitude, because they took him for a prophet.
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