When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard Jesus' parables, they knew he was talking about them.
NIV
And when the chief priests and the Pharisees heard His parables (comparisons, stories used to illustrate and explain), they perceived that He was talking about them.
AMP
And when the chief priests and Pharisees had heard his parables, they perceived that he spake of them.
KJV
When Jesus went outside, the Pharisees and the teachers of the law began to oppose him fiercely and to besiege him with questions,
NIV
As He left there, the scribes and the Pharisees[followed Him closely, and they] began to be enraged with and set themselves violently against Him and to draw Him out and provoke Him to speak of many things
AMP
And as he said these things unto them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to urge him vehemently, and to provoke him to speak of many things:
KJV
When he said this, a dispute broke out between the Pharisees and the Sadducees, and the assembly was divided.
NIV
So when he had said this, an angry dispute arose between the Pharisees and the Sadducees; and the whole [crowded] assemblage was divided [into two factions].
AMP
And when he had so said, there arose a dissension between the Pharisees and the Sadducees: and the multitude was divided.
KJV
But the chief priests and the Pharisees had given orders that anyone who found out where Jesus was should report it so that they might arrest him.
NIV
Now the chief priests and Pharisees had given orders that if anyone knew where He was, he should report it to them, so that they might arrest Him.
AMP
Now both the chief priests and the Pharisees had given a commandment, that, if any man knew where he were, he should shew it, that they might take him.
KJV
