Matthew 27:2-14

2Then they bound him, led him away, and took him to Pilate, the Roman governor.

3When Judas, who had betrayed him, realized that Jesus had been condemned to die, he was filled with remorse. So he took the thirty pieces of silver back to the leading priests and the elders.

4“I have sinned,” he declared, “for I have betrayed an innocent man.” “What do we care?” they retorted. “That’s your problem.”

5Then Judas threw the silver coins down in the Temple and went out and hanged himself.

6The leading priests picked up the coins. “It wouldn’t be right to put this money in the Temple treasury,” they said, “since it was payment for murder.”

7After some discussion they finally decided to buy the potter’s field, and they made it into a cemetery for foreigners.

8That is why the field is still called the Field of Blood.

9This fulfilled the prophecy of Jeremiah that says, “They took the thirty pieces of silver— the price at which he was valued by the people of Israel,

10and purchased the potter’s field, as the Lord directed.”

11Now Jesus was standing before Pilate, the Roman governor. “Are you the king of the Jews?” the governor asked him. Jesus replied, “You have said it.”

12But when the leading priests and the elders made their accusations against him, Jesus remained silent.

13“Don’t you hear all these charges they are bringing against you?” Pilate demanded.

14But Jesus made no response to any of the charges, much to the governor’s surprise.