⁴⁵ And when the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they perceived that he spake of them.

¹² How much then is a man of more value than a sheep! Wherefore it is lawful to do good on the sabbath day.

⁴⁵ And one of the lawyers answering saith unto him, Teacher, in saying this thou reproachest us also.

¹⁹ And the scribes 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.