Mat 21:45-46, 26:3-4, Mar 12:12, Luk 19:47-48, 20:14 | ESV | STEP | When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables , they perceived that he was speaking about them .

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.

Matthew 26:3-4

3 ^dThen the chief priests and the elders of the people gathered in ^ethe palace of the high priest, whose name was ^fCaiaphas, 4 ^gand plotted together in order to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill him.

Mark 12:12

12 And ^hthey were seeking to arrest him ⁱbut feared the people, for they perceived that he had told the parable against them. So they ^jleft him and went away.

Luke 19:47-48

47 ^kAnd he was teaching daily in the temple. ^lThe chief priests and the scribes and the principal men of the people were seeking to destroy him, 48 but they did not find anything they could do, for all the people were hanging on his words.

Luke 20:14

14 But when the tenants saw him, they said to themselves, ^m‘This is the heir. ⁿLet us kill him, so that the inheritance may be ours.’