45 And when[a] the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they knew that he was speaking about them, 46 and although they[b] wanted to arrest him, they were afraid of the crowds, because they looked upon him as a prophet.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 21:45 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“heard”) which is understood as temporal
  2. Matthew 21:46 Here “although” is supplied as a component of the participle (“wanted”) which is understood as concessive