Now when the chief priests and Pharisees heard His parables, they perceived that He was speaking of them.
Matthew 21:45
Surrounding context
21:44 And whoever falls on this stone will be broken; but on whomever it falls, it will grind him to powder."
21:45 Now when the chief priests and Pharisees heard His parables, they perceived that He was speaking of them.
21:46 But when they sought to lay hands on Him, they feared the multitudes, because they took Him for a prophet.