Matthew 27
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Matthew 27:3-9

3Then when 1Judas, who had betrayed Him, saw that He had been condemned, he felt remorse and returned 2the thirty 3pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders,

4saying, “I have sinned by betraying innocent blood.” But they said, “What is that to us? 4You shall see to it yourself!”

5And he threw the pieces of silver into 5the temple sanctuary and left; and 6he went away and hanged himself.

6The chief priests took the pieces of silver and said, “It is not lawful to put them in the temple treasury, since it is money paid for blood.”

7And they conferred together and 7with the money bought the Potter’s Field as a burial place for strangers.

88For this reason that field has been called the Field of Blood to this day.

9Then that which was spoken through Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled: “9And 10they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of the One whose price had been set by the sons of Israel;

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Notes

  1. 1. Matthew 27:3 Matt 26:14 ↩
  2. 2. Matthew 27:3 Matt 26:15 ↩
  3. 3. Matthew 27:3 Or silver shekels ↩
  4. 4. Matthew 27:4 Matt 27:24 ↩
  5. 5. Matthew 27:5 Matt 26:61; Luke 1:9, 21 ↩
  6. 6. Matthew 27:5 Acts 1:18 ↩
  7. 7. Matthew 27:7 Lit from them ↩
  8. 8. Matthew 27:8 Acts 1:19 ↩
  9. 9. Matthew 27:9 Zech 11:12 ↩
  10. 10. Matthew 27:9 Or I took; cf. Zech 11:13 ↩

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