Then the experts in the law and the chief priests wanted to arrest him that very hour, because they realized he had told this parable against them. But they were afraid of the people.

The chief priests and the experts in the law were trying to find some way to execute Jesus, for they were afraid of the people.

Then the Pharisees went out and planned together to entrap him with his own words.

Were very attentive to hear him

So he read it before the plaza in front of the Water Gate from dawn till noon before the men and women and those children who could understand. All the people were eager to hear the book of the law.

The officers replied, "No one ever spoke like this man!"

A woman named Lydia, a dealer in purple cloth from the city of Thyatira, a God-fearing woman, listened to us. The Lord opened her heart to respond to what Paul was saying.

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The chief priests and the experts in the law were trying to find some way to execute Jesus, for they were afraid of the people.