Matthew 26:69-27:10

New American Standard Bible

Peter’s Denials

^69 (A)Now Peter was sitting outside in the ^(B)courtyard, and a slave woman came to him and said, “You too were with Jesus the Galilean.” ⁷⁰ But he denied it before them all, saying, “I do not know what you are talking about.” ⁷¹ When he had gone out to the gateway, another slave woman saw him and *said to those who were there, “This man was with Jesus of Nazareth.” ⁷² And again he denied it, with an oath: “I do not know the man.” ⁷³ A little later the bystanders came up and said to Peter, “You really are one of them as well, ^(C)since even the way you talk ^[a]gives you away.” ⁷⁴ Then he began to curse and swear, “I do not know the man!” And immediately a rooster crowed. ⁷⁵ And Peter remembered the statement that Jesus had ^[b]made: “^(D)Before a rooster crows, you will deny Me three times.” And he went out and wept bitterly.

Judas’ Remorse

27 ^(E)Now when morning came, all the chief priests and the elders of the people conferred together against Jesus to put Him to death; ² and they bound Him and led Him away, and ^(F)handed Him over to ^(G)Pilate the governor.

³ Then when ^(H)Judas, who had betrayed Him, saw that He had been condemned, he felt remorse and returned ^(I)the thirty ^[c]pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders, ⁴ saying, “I have sinned by betraying innocent blood.” But they said, “What is that to us? ^(J)You shall see to it yourself!” ⁵ And he threw the pieces of silver into ^(K)the temple sanctuary and left; and ^(L)he went away and hanged himself. ⁶ The 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.” ⁷ And they conferred together and ^[d]with the money bought the Potter’s Field as a burial place for strangers. ^8 (M)For this reason that field has been called the Field of Blood to this day. ⁹ Then that which was spoken through Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled: “^(N)And ^[e]they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of the One whose price had been set by the sons of Israel; ^10 (O)and ^[f]they gave them for the Potter’s Field, just as the Lord directed me.”