And the chief priests and the scribes sought to lay hands on him in that hour, and they feared the people, for they knew that against them he spake this simile.

and the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how they may take him up, for they were afraid of the people.

Then the Pharisees having gone, took counsel how they might ensnare him in words,

Were very attentive to hear him

and he readeth in it before the broad place that is before the water-gate, from the light till the middle of the day, over-against the men, and the women, and those intelligent, and the ears of all the people are unto the book of the law.

The officers answered, 'Never so spake man -- as this man.'

and a certain woman, by name Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, worshipping God, was hearing, whose heart the Lord did open to attend to the things spoken by Paul;

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and the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how they may take him up, for they were afraid of the people.