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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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  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

When Judas, who had betrayed him,(A) saw that Jesus was condemned, he was seized with remorse and returned the thirty pieces of silver(B) 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.”(C)

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

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(F) to this day. Then what was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled:(G) “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](H)

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