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Then when (A)Judas, who had betrayed Him, saw that He had been condemned, he felt remorse and returned (B)the [a]thirty 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? (C)See to that yourself!” And he threw the pieces of silver into (D)the [b]sanctuary and departed; and (E)he went away and hanged himself. And the chief priests took the pieces of silver and said, “It is not lawful to put them into the temple treasury, since it is the price of blood.” And taking counsel together, they bought [c]with the money the Potter’s Field as a burial place for strangers. (F)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, saying, “(G)And [d]they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of the one whose price had been set by the sons of Israel; 10 (H)and [e]they gave them for the Potters Field, as the [f]Lord directed me.”

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 27:3 Silver shekels, approx. 120 days of a laborer’s wages
  2. Matthew 27:5 The inner part of the temple
  3. Matthew 27:7 Lit from them
  4. Matthew 27:9 Or I took, cf. Zech 11:13
  5. Matthew 27:10 Some early mss I gave
  6. Matthew 27:10 In OT, Yahweh, cf. Zech 11:13

The Death of Judas(A)

Then Judas, who had betrayed him, regretted what had happened when he saw that Jesus[a] was condemned. He brought the 30 pieces of silver back to the high priests and elders, saying, “I have sinned by betraying innocent[b] blood.”

But they replied, “What do we care? Attend to that yourself.” Then he flung the pieces of silver into the sanctuary, went outside, ran away, and hanged himself.

The high priests picked up the pieces of silver and said, “It is not lawful to put this into the Temple treasury, because it is blood money.” So they decided to use the money to buy the Potter’s Field as a burial ground for foreigners. That is why that field has been called the Field of Blood to this day. Then what had been declared through the prophet Jeremiah was fulfilled when he said,

“They[c] took the 30 pieces of silver,
    the value of the man on whom a price had been set by the Israelis,
10 and they[d] gave them for the potter’s field,
    as the Lord commanded me.”[e]

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 27:3 Lit. he
  2. Matthew 27:4 Other mss. read righteous
  3. Matthew 27:9 Or I
  4. Matthew 27:10 Other mss. read I
  5. Matthew 27:10 Cf. Zech 11:12-13; Jer 32:6-9