12 And they made attempts to take him; but they were in fear of the people, because they saw that the story was against them; and they went away from him.
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Then the chief priests, the teachers of the law and the elders looked for a way to arrest him because they knew he had spoken the parable against them. But they were afraid of the crowd; so they left him and went away.
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