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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."
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"I have sinned by betraying an innocent man to death!" he said. "What do we care about that?" they answered. "That is your business!"
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Judas threw the coins down in the Temple and left; then he went off and hanged himself.
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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."
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After reaching an agreement about it, they used the money to buy Potter's Field, as a cemetery for foreigners.
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That is why that field is called "Field of Blood" to this very day.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.