Then the scribes and the chief priests looked for a way to get their hands on Him that very hour, because they knew He had told this parable against them, but they feared the people.

The chief priests and the scribes were looking for a way to put Him to death, because they were afraid of the people.

Then the Pharisees went and plotted how to trap Him by what He said.

Were very attentive to hear him

While he was facing the square in front of the Water Gate, he read out of it from daybreak until noon before the men, the women, and those who could understand. All the people listened attentively to the book of the law.

The police answered, “No man ever spoke like this!”

A woman named Lydia, a dealer in purple cloth from the city of Thyatira, who worshiped God, was listening. The Lord opened her heart to pay attention to what was spoken by Paul.

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The chief priests and the scribes were looking for a way to put Him to death, because they were afraid of the people.