New King James Version NKJV
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1 When morning came, all the chief priests and elders of the people plotted against Jesus to put Him to death.
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Early in the morning, all the chief priests and the elders of the people made their plans how to have Jesus executed.
2 And when they had bound Him, they led Him away and delivered Him to Pontius Pilate the governor.
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So they bound him, led him away and handed him over to Pilate the governor.
3 Then Judas, His betrayer, seeing that He had been condemned, was remorseful and brought back the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders,
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When Judas, who had betrayed him, saw that Jesus was condemned, he was seized with remorse and returned the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and the elders.
4 saying, "I have sinned by betraying innocent blood." And they said, "What is that to us? You see to it!"
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“I have sinned,” he said, “for I have betrayed innocent blood.” “What is that to us?” they replied. “That’s your responsibility.”
5 Then he threw down the pieces of silver in the temple and departed, and went and hanged himself.
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So Judas threw the money into the temple and left. Then he went away and hanged himself.
6 But the chief priests took the silver pieces and said, "It is not lawful to put them into the treasury, because they are the price of blood."
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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.”
7 And they consulted together and bought with them the potter's field, to bury strangers in.
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So they decided to use the money to buy the potter’s field as a burial place for foreigners.
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