A moment in scripture
Matthew 21:45
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And when the chief priests and Pharisees had heard his parables, they perceived that he spake of them.
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The surrounding passage
- Matthew 21:43
Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof.
- Matthew 21:44
And whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken: but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.
- Matthew 21:46
But when they sought to lay hands on him, they feared the multitude, because they took him for a prophet.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.