Matthew 21:45
Good News Translation
The chief priests and the Pharisees heard Jesus' parables and knew that he was talking about them,

New Revised Standard Version
When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they realized that he was speaking about them.

Contemporary English Version
When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard these stories, they knew Jesus was talking about them.

New American Bible
When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they knew that he was speaking about them.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And when the chief priests and Pharisees had heard his parables, they knew that he spoke of them.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And when the chief priests and Pharisees had heard his parables, they knew that he spoke of them.

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Matthew 12:12 How much better is a man than a sheep? Therefore it is lawful to do a good deed on the sabbath days.

Luke 11:45 And one of the lawyers answering, saith to him: Master, in saying these things, thou reproachest us also.

Luke 20:19 And the chief priests and the scribes sought to lay hands on him the same hour: but they feared the people, for they knew that he spoke this parable to them.

Context
The Parable of the Wicked Tenants
44And whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken: but on whomsoever it shall fall, it shall grind him to powder. 45And when the chief priests and Pharisees had heard his parables, they knew that he spoke of them. 46And seeking to lay hands on him, they feared the multitudes, because they held him as a prophet.…
Cross References
Matthew 13:3
And he spoke to them many things in parables, saying: Behold the sower went forth to sow.

Matthew 21:44
And whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken: but on whomsoever it shall fall, it shall grind him to powder.

Matthew 21:46
And seeking to lay hands on him, they feared the multitudes, because they held him as a prophet.

Matthew 21:44
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