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Read Full Chapter (Matthew 21) Matthew 21:46 KJV
"But when they sought to lay hands on him, they feared the multitude, because they took him for a prophet."
Matthew Chapter 21, Verse 46
Matthew 21:46 in Context (Verses 43–46 KJV)
43
Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof.
44
And whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken: but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.
45
And when the chief priests and Pharisees had heard his parables, they perceived that he spake of them.
46
But when they sought to lay hands on him, they feared the multitude, because they took him for a prophet.