Matthew 27:2-14

English Standard Version

² And they bound him and ^(A)led him away and ^(B)delivered him over to ^(C)Pilate the governor.

Judas Hangs Himself

³ Then when ^(D)Judas, his betrayer, saw that Jesus^[a] was condemned, ^(E)he changed his mind and brought back ^(F)the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and the elders, ⁴ saying, “I have sinned by betraying innocent blood.” They said, “What is that to us? ^(G)See to it yourself.” ⁵ And throwing down the pieces of silver into the temple, ^(H)he departed, and he went and hanged himself. ⁶ But the chief priests, taking the pieces of silver, said, “It is not lawful to put them into ^(I)the treasury, since it is blood money.” ⁷ So they took counsel and bought with them the potter's field as a burial place for strangers. ⁸ Therefore ^(J)that field has been called the Field of Blood ^(K)to this day. ^9 (L)Then was fulfilled what had been spoken by the prophet Jeremiah, saying, ^(M)“And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him on whom a price had been set by some of the sons of Israel, ¹⁰ and they gave them for the potter's field, as the Lord directed me.”

Jesus Before Pilate

^11 (N)Now Jesus stood before the governor, and the governor asked him, “Are you ^(O)the King of the Jews?” Jesus said, ^(P)“You have said so.” ^12 (Q)But when he was accused by the chief priests and elders, he gave no answer. ¹³ Then Pilate said to him, ^(R)“Do you not hear how many things they testify against you?” ¹⁴ But he gave him no answer, not even to a single charge, so that the governor was greatly amazed.