Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And the chief priests and the scribes the same hour sought to lay hands on him; and they feared the people: for they perceived that he had spoken this parable against them.
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Bible References
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Luke 20:14
But, on seeing him, the tenants consulted with one another. 'Here is the heir!' they said. 'Let us kill him, and then the inheritance will become ours.'
Luke 19:47
Jesus continued to teach each day in the Temple Courts; but the Chief Priests and Teachers of the Law were eager to take his life, and so also were the leading men.
Matthew 21:45
After listening to these parables, the Chief Priests and the Pharisees saw that it was about them that he was speaking;
Matthew 26:3
Then the Chief Priests and the Councillors of the Nation met in the house of the High Priest, who was called Caiaphas,
Mark 12:12
After this his enemies were eager to arrest him, but they were afraid of the crowd; for they saw that it was at them that he had aimed the parable. So they let him alone, and went away.
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Luke 22:2
The Chief Priest and the Teachers of the Law were looking for an opportunity of destroying Jesus, for they were afraid of the people.