The kings of the earth set themselves, And the rulers take counsel together, Against Jehovah, and against his anointed, (saying),
And it came to pass, when Jesus had finished these words, the multitudes were astonished at his teaching:
And when the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they perceived that he spake of them.
And when they sought to lay hold on him, they feared the multitudes, because they took him for a prophet.
And they were astonished at his teaching: For he taught them as having authority, and not as the scribes.
Now after two days was (the feast of) the passover and the unleavened bread: and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might take him with subtlety, and kill him:
and they were astonished at his teaching; for his word was with authority.
And the scribes and and the chief priests sought to lay hands on him in that very hour; and they feared the people: for they perceived that he spake this parable against them.
And the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might put him to death; for they feared the people.