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NASB (UPDATED) TEXT: Mar_12:12
12And they were seeking to seize Him, and yet they feared the people, for they understood that He spoke the parable against them. And so they left Him and went away.
Mar_12:12 "they were seeking to seize Him" The Jewish leaders understood the parable was referring to them and they acted in the predicted way (i.e., tried to kill Him).
▣ "they feared the people" These leaders looked to current opinions (cf. Mar_11:18; Mar_11:32; Mat_21:26; Mat_21:46; Luk_19:48) rather than to God's Word in order to decide their actions.
▣ "they understood that He spoke the parable against them" This pronoun "they" can be understood in one of two ways: (1) the leaders were afraid of Jesus' popularity with the crowd (cf. Mat_21:45) or (2) the crowd also understood that the parable was addressed to the religious leaders.