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In the first light of dawn, all the high priests and religious leaders met and put the finishing touches on their plot to kill Jesus.
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Then they tied him up and paraded him to Pilate, the governor.
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Judas, the one who betrayed him, realized that Jesus was doomed. Overcome with remorse, he gave back the thirty silver coins to the high priests,
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saying, "I've sinned. I've betrayed an innocent man." They said, "What do we care? That's your problem!"
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Judas threw the silver coins into the Temple and left. Then he went out and hung himself.
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The high priests picked up the silver pieces, but then didn't know what to do with them. "It wouldn't be right to give this - a payment for murder! - as an offering in the Temple."
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They decided to get rid of it by buying the "Potter's Field" and use it as a burial place for the homeless.
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That's how the field got called "Murder Meadow," a name that has stuck to this day.