Charles Spurgeon Commentary Matthew 21:45

"And when the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they perceived that he spake of them." — Matthew 21:45 (ASV)

They had tried to turn aside the point of His parables, but they had tried in vain. The likenesses were striking; the parallels were perfect; they could not help knowing that He spoke of them. Such parables—so true, so cutting, so pertinent, how could they escape them, or endure them?