Mat 21:45-46 | ESV | STEP | When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables , they perceived that he was speaking about them .

a Mark 11:18; Luke 19:47, 48; John 7:25, 30, 44; [ch. 26:4]

Matthew 21:45-46

45 When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they perceived that he was speaking about them. 46 And ^aalthough they were seeking to arrest him, ^bthey feared the crowds, because they held him to be ^ca prophet.