Matthew 27:2-12

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."
7 After reaching an agreement about it, they used the money to buy Potter's Field, as a cemetery for foreigners.
8 That is why that field is called "Field of Blood" to this very day.
9 Then what the prophet Jeremiah had said came true: "They took the thirty silver coins, the amount the people of Israel had agreed to pay for him, 2
10 and used the money to buy the potter's field, as the Lord had commanded me."
11 Jesus stood before the Roman governor, who questioned him. "Are you the king of the Jews?" he asked. "So you say," answered Jesus.
12 But he said nothing in response to the accusations of the chief priests and elders.

Cross References 2

  • 1. 27.3-8Acts 1.18, 19.
  • 2. 27.9, 10Zechariah 11.12, 13.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.