Matthew 21:45 KJV

And when the chief priests and Pharisees had heard his parables, they perceived that he spake of them.
Matthew 21:45, King James Version

In context

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.