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; and they bound Him and led Him away, and (F)handed Him over to (G)Pilate the governor.

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, saying, “I have sinned by betraying innocent blood.” But they said, “What is that to us? (J)You shall see to it yourself!” And he threw the pieces of silver into (K)the temple sanctuary and left; and (L)he went away and hanged himself. 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.” And they conferred together and [d]with the money bought the Potter’s Field as a burial place for strangers. (M)For this reason that field has been called the Field of Blood to this day. 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 Potters Field, just as the Lord directed me.”

Footnotes

  1. Matthew 26:73 Lit makes you evident
  2. Matthew 26:75 Lit said
  3. Matthew 27:3 Or silver shekels
  4. Matthew 27:7 Lit from them
  5. Matthew 27:9 Or I took; cf. Zech 11:13
  6. Matthew 27:10 Some early mss I gave

Peter Disowns Jesus(A)

69 Now Peter was sitting out in the courtyard, and a servant girl came to him. “You also were with Jesus of Galilee,” she said.

70 But he denied it before them all. “I don’t know what you’re talking about,” he said.

71 Then he went out to the gateway, where another servant girl saw him and said to the people there, “This fellow was with Jesus of Nazareth.”

72 He denied it again, with an oath: “I don’t know the man!”

73 After a little while, those standing there went up to Peter and said, “Surely you are one of them; your accent gives you away.”

74 Then he began to call down curses, and he swore to them, “I don’t know the man!”

Immediately a rooster crowed. 75 Then Peter remembered the word Jesus had spoken: “Before the rooster crows, you will disown me three times.”(B) And he went outside and wept bitterly.

Judas Hangs Himself

27 Early in the morning, all the chief priests and the elders of the people made their plans how to have Jesus executed.(C) So they bound him, led him away and handed him over(D) to Pilate the governor.(E)

When Judas, who had betrayed him,(F) saw that Jesus was condemned, he was seized with remorse and returned the thirty pieces of silver(G) to the chief priests and the elders. “I have sinned,” he said, “for I have betrayed innocent blood.”

“What is that to us?” they replied. “That’s your responsibility.”(H)

So Judas threw the money into the temple(I) and left. Then he went away and hanged himself.(J)

The chief priests picked up the coins and said, “It is against the law to put this into the treasury, since it is blood money.” So they decided to use the money to buy the potter’s field as a burial place for foreigners. That is why it has been called the Field of Blood(K) to this day. Then what was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled:(L) “They took the thirty pieces of silver, the price set on him by the people of Israel, 10 and they used them to buy the potter’s field, as the Lord commanded me.”[a](M)

Footnotes

  1. Matthew 27:10 See Zech. 11:12,13; Jer. 19:1-13; 32:6-9.