Against them (προς αυτους). So Luke. It was a straight shot, this parable of the Rejected Stone (12:10f.) and the longer one of th…

They sought to lay hold on him.—The pronoun carries us back to the "chief priests and scribes and elders" of Mark 11:27.

And they sought to lay hold on him, but feared the people: for they knew that he had spoken the parable against them: and they left him, and we…

Glossa Ordinaria: After the Lord had closed the mouths of His tempters with a wise question, He next shows their wickedness in…

The application of the parable was obvious, but again the religious leaders did not harm Jesus because they feared the crowd (cf. 11:18, 32). It wa…

They sought to lay held on him
That is, the chief priests, Scribes, and elders, after they had heard the parables he…

Christ showed in parables that he would set aside the Jewish church. It is sad to think what contemptible treatment God's faithful ministers have r…