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3 Then when Judas, his betrayer, saw that Jesus was condemned, he changed his mind and brought back the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and the elders,
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3 When Judas, who had betrayed him, saw that Jesus was condemned, he was seized with remorse and returned the thirty silver coins to the chief priests and the elders.
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4 saying, "I have sinned by betraying innocent blood." They said, "What is that to us? See to it yourself."
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4 "I have sinned," he said, "for I have betrayed innocent blood." "What is that to us?" they replied. "That's your responsibility."
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5 And throwing down the pieces of silver into the temple, he departed, and he went and hanged himself.
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5 So Judas threw the money into the temple and left. Then he went away and hanged himself.
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6 But the chief priests, taking the pieces of silver, said, "It is not lawful to put them into the treasury, since it is blood money."
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6 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."
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7 So they took counsel and bought with them the potter's field as a burial place for strangers.
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7 So they decided to use the money to buy the potter's field as a burial place for foreigners.
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8 Therefore that field has been called the Field of Blood to this day.
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8 That is why it has been called the Field of Blood to this day.
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9 Then was fulfilled what had been spoken by the prophet Jeremiah, saying, "And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him on whom a price had been set by some of the sons of Israel,
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9 Then what was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled: "They took the thirty silver coins, the price set on him by the people of Israel,
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10 and they gave them for the potter's field, as the Lord directed me."
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10 and they used them to buy the potter's field, as the Lord commanded me."
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