Malice: The Jewish Leaders Toward Jesus

For he knew it was out of envy that they had handed Jesus over to him.

At this, the leaders sought to arrest Jesus, for they knew that He had spoken this parable against them. But fearing the crowd, they left Him and went away.

For he knew it was out of envy that the chief priests had handed Jesus over.

As Jesus went on from there, the scribes and Pharisees began to oppose Him bitterly and to ply Him with questions about many things,

…waiting to catch Him in something He might say.