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The Parable of the Wicked Tenants

Matthew 21:45

In 9 translations

BSB
When the chief priests and Pharisees heard His parables, they knew that Jesus was speaking about them.
KJV
And when the chief priests and Pharisees had heard his parables, they perceived that he spake of them.
WEB
When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they perceived that he spoke about them.
ASV
And when the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they perceived that he spake of them.
LSV
And the chief priests and the Pharisees having heard His allegories, knew that He speaks of them,
YLT
And the chief priests and the Pharisees having heard his similes, knew that of them he speaketh,
DBY
And the chief priests and the Pharisees, having heard his parables, knew that he spoke about them.
DRC
And when the chief priests and Pharisees had heard his parables, they knew that he spoke of them.
GNV
And when the chiefe Priestes and Pharises had heard his parables, they perceiued that hee spake of them.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
Καὶ ἀκούσαντες οἱ ἀρχιερεῖς καὶ οἱ Φαρισαῖοι τὰς παραβολὰς αὐτοῦ ἔγνωσαν ὅτι περὶ αὐτῶν λέγει·
RP2018
Καὶ ἀκούσαντες οἱ ἀρχιερεῖς καὶ οἱ Φαρισαῖοι τὰς παραβολὰς αὐτοῦ ἔγνωσαν ὅτι περὶ αὐτῶν λέγει.
TR-Boyd
Καὶ ἀκούσαντες οἱ ἀρχιερεῖς καὶ οἱ Φαρισαῖοι τὰς παραβολὰς αὐτοῦ ἔγνωσαν ὅτι περὶ αὐτῶν λέγει.
SCR1894
και ακουσαντες οι αρχιερεις και οι φαρισαιοι τας παραβολας αυτου εγνωσαν οτι περι αυτων λεγει

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◆ Holy Week◆ Debates in the Temple

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Luke 20:19When the scribes and chief priests realized that Jesus had spoken this parable against them, they sought to arrest Him that very hour. But they were afraid of the people.
  • Luke 11:45One of the experts in the law told Him, “Teacher, when You say these things, You insult us as well.”
  • Matthew 12:12How much more valuable is a man than a sheep! Therefore it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath.”

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