Matthew 27:4-24

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

5So Judas threw the silver coins into the temple and left. Then he went out and hanged himself.

6The chief priests took the silver and said, “It is not lawful to put this into the temple treasury, since it is blood money.”

7After consulting together they bought the Potter’s Field with it, as a burial place for foreigners.

8For this reason that field has been called the “Field of Blood” to this day.

9Then what was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled: “They took the thirty silver coins, the price of the one whose price had been set by the people of Israel,

10and they gave them for the potter’s field, as the Lord commanded me.”

11Then Jesus stood before the governor, and the governor asked him, “Are you the king of the Jews?” Jesus said, “You say so.”

12But when he was accused by the chief priests and the elders, he did not respond.

13Then Pilate said to him, “Don’t you hear how many charges they are bringing against you?”

14But he did not answer even one accusation, so that the governor was quite amazed.

15During the feast the governor was accustomed to release one prisoner to the crowd, whomever they wanted.

16At that time they had in custody a notorious prisoner named Jesus Barabbas.

17So after they had assembled, Pilate said to them, “Whom do you want me to release for you, Jesus Barabbas or Jesus who is called the Christ?”

18(For he knew that they had handed him over because of envy.)

19As he was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent a message to him: “Have nothing to do with that innocent man; I have suffered greatly as a result of a dream about him today.”

20But the chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowds to ask for Barabbas and to have Jesus killed.

21The governor asked them, “Which of the two do you want me to release for you?” And they said, “Barabbas!”

22Pilate said to them, “Then what should I do with Jesus who is called the Christ?” They all said, “Crucify him!”

23He asked, “Why? What wrong has he done?” But they shouted more insistently, “Crucify him!”

24When Pilate saw that he could do nothing, but that instead a riot was starting, he took some water, washed his hands before the crowd and said, “I am innocent of this man’s blood. You take care of it yourselves!”