Mark 12:7 is the parable's climax where tenants plot to kill the son — the very part the leaders realize is aimed at them.

Mark 11:18 shows the chief priests seeking to destroy Jesus but fearing the crowd — same fear and intent as here.

Mark 11:32 describes the leaders' fear of the people regarding John's baptism — a similar fear of public opinion.

2 Samuel 12:7-15 has Nathan use a parable to convict David — a direct OT type of Jesus' parable that exposed the leaders' guilt.

1 Kings 20:38-41 shows a prophet using a story to make Ahab condemn himself — the same parabolic technique Jesus uses here.

Matthew 21:45 directly parallels Mark 12:12 — the leaders perceive the parable is against them.

Matthew 21:46 records the same reaction: the leaders wanted to arrest Jesus but feared the crowds.

Luke 20:19 describes the same plot: the scribes and chief priests sought to lay hands on Jesus that hour but feared the people.

Luke 19:47 describes the same hostility — chief priests seeking to kill Jesus — complementing Mark's account of their intent to arrest him.

Matthew 21:26 records the same fear of the crowd about John — a parallel situation of fearing the people's response.