1
Early in the morning all the chief priests and the elders made their plans against Jesus to put him to death.
2
They put him in chains, led him off, and handed him over to Pilate, the Roman governor.
3
When Judas, the traitor, learned that Jesus had been condemned, he repented and took back the thirty silver coins to the chief priests and the elders. 1
4
"I have sinned by betraying an innocent man to death!" he said. "What do we care about that?" they answered. "That is your business!"
5
Judas threw the coins down in the Temple and left; then he went off and hanged himself.
6
The chief priests picked up the coins and said, "This is blood money, and it is against our Law to put it in the Temple treasury."