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Matthew 27:6

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The chief priests took the pieces of silver, and said, “It’s not lawful to put them into the treasury, since it is the price of blood.”

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Matthew 27:6 in other translations

And the chief priests took the pieces of silver, and said, It is not lawful to put them into the treasury, since it is the price of blood.

Matthew 27:6 · American Standard Version

Matthew 27:6 in context

  1. 4saying, “I have sinned in that I betrayed innocent blood.”
    But they said, “What is that to us? You see to it.”
  2. 5He threw down the pieces of silver in the sanctuary, and departed. He went away and hanged himself.
  3. 6The chief priests took the pieces of silver, and said, “It’s not lawful to put them into the treasury, since it is the price of blood.”
  4. 7They took counsel, and bought the potter’s field with them, to bury strangers in.
  5. 8Therefore that field was called “The Field of Blood” to this day.