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Then Judas, who betrayed him, when he saw that Jesus was condemned, felt remorse, and brought back the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders, saying, “I have sinned in that I betrayed innocent blood.”

But they said, “What is that to us? You see to it.”

He threw down the pieces of silver in the sanctuary and departed. Then he went away and hanged himself.

The chief priests took the pieces of silver and said, “It’s not lawful to put them into the treasury, since it is the price of blood.” They took counsel, and bought the potter’s field with them to bury strangers in. Therefore that field has been called “The Field of Blood” to this day. Then that which was spoken through Jeremiah[a] the prophet was fulfilled, saying,

“They took the thirty pieces of silver,
    the price of him upon whom a price had been set,
    whom some of the children of Israel priced,
10 and they gave them for the potter’s field,
    as the Lord commanded me.”Zechariah 11:12-13; Jeremiah 19:1-13; 32:6-9

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Footnotes

  1. 27:9 some manuscripts omit “Jeremiah”

Judas Hangs Himself

Then Judas, his betrayer, seeing that Jesus had been condemned, was full of remorse and returned the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders.(A) “I have sinned by betraying innocent blood,” he said.

“What’s that to us?” they said. “See to it yourself!” So he threw the silver into the temple(B) and departed. Then he went and hanged himself.

The chief priests took the silver and said, “It’s not permitted(C) to put it into the temple treasury, since it is blood money.” They conferred together and bought the potter’s field with it as a burial place for foreigners. Therefore that field has been called “Field of Blood” to this day. Then what was spoken through the prophet Jeremiah was fulfilled: They took[a] the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him whose price was set by the Israelites, 10 and they gave[b] them for the potter’s field, as the Lord directed me.[c](D)

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Footnotes

  1. 27:9 Or I took
  2. 27:10 Some mss read I gave
  3. 27:9–10 Jr 32:6–9; Zch 11:12–13