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

¹⁹ And the chief priests and the scribes the same hour sought to lay hands on him; and they feared the people: for they perceived that he had spoken this parable against them.

⁴⁵ Then answered one of the lawyers, and said unto him, Master, thus saying thou reproachest us also.

¹² How much then is a man better than a sheep? Wherefore it is lawful to do well on the sabbath days.