Matthew 27:1-6

Judas's Remorse

1 ¹Now when morning came, all the chief priests and the elders of the people conferred * together against Jesus to put Him to death;

2 and they bound Him, and led Him away and ²delivered Him to ³Pilate the governor.

3 Then when ⁴Judas, who had betrayed Him, saw that He had been condemned, he felt remorse and returned ⁵the 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? ⁶See to that yourself!"

5 And he threw the pieces of silver into ⁷the temple sanctuary and departed; and ⁸he 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."

Cross References

• 1. Mark 15:1; Luke 22:66; John 18:28
• 2. Matthew 20:19
• 3. Luke 3:1; Luke 13:1; Luke 23:12; Acts 3:13; Acts 4:27; 1 Timothy 6:13
• 4. Matthew 26:14
• 5. Matthew 26:15
• 6. Matthew 27:24
• 7. Matthew 26:61; Luke 1:9, 21
• 8. Acts 1:18

Footnotes

• [a] Or "silver shekels"