Matthew 27:3-10

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3 Then when ¹Judas, who had betrayed Him, saw that He had been condemned, he felt remorse and returned ²the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders,

4 saying, "I have sinned by betraying innocent blood." But they said, "What is that to us? ³See to that yourself!"

5 And he threw the pieces of silver into ⁴the temple sanctuary and departed; and ⁵he went away and hanged himself.

6 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."

7 And they conferred * together and with the money bought the Potter's Field as a burial place for strangers.

8 ⁶For this reason that field has been called the Field of Blood to this day.

9 Then that which was spoken through Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled: "⁷AND THEY TOOK THE THIRTY PIECES OF SILVER, THE PRICE OF THE ONE WHOSE PRICE HAD BEEN SET by the sons of Israel;

10 ⁸AND THEY GAVE THEM FOR THE POTTER'S FIELD, AS THE LORD DIRECTED

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