And the chief priests and the scribes sought the same hour to lay hands on him, and they feared the people; for they knew that he had spoken this parable of them.

and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might kill him; for they feared the people.

Then went the Pharisees and held a council how they might ensnare him in speaking.

Were very attentive to hear him

And he read in it before the open place that was before the water-gate from the morning until midday, in presence of the men and the women, and those that could understand. And the ears of all the people were attentive to the book of the law.

The officers answered, Never man spoke thus, as this man speaks.

And a certain woman, by name Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, who worshipped God, heard; whose heart the Lord opened to attend to the things spoken by Paul.

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and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might kill him; for they feared the people.