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A woman of that age is valued at thirty shekels[a] of silver.

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  1. 27:4 Or 12 ounces [342 grams].

This fulfilled the prophecy of Jeremiah that says,

“They took[a] the thirty pieces of silver—
    the price at which he was valued by the people of Israel,
10 and purchased the potter’s field,
    as the Lord directed.[b]

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  1. 27:9 Or I took.
  2. 27:9-10 Greek as the Lord directed me. Zech 11:12-13; Jer 32:6-9.

15 and asked, “How much will you pay me to betray Jesus to you?” And they gave him thirty pieces of silver.

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12 And I said to them, “If you like, give me my wages, whatever I am worth; but only if you want to.” So they counted out for my wages thirty pieces of silver.

13 And the Lord said to me, “Throw it to the potter[a]”—this magnificent sum at which they valued me! So I took the thirty coins and threw them to the potter in the Temple of the Lord.

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  1. 11:13 Syriac version reads into the treasury; also in 11:13b. Compare Matt 27:6-10.

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