Matthew 27:6

The chief priests took the pieces of silver and said, “It is not lawful to put this into the treasury, because it is the price of blood.”

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In The King James Version

And the chief priests took the silver pieces, and said, It is not lawful for to put them into the treasury, because it is the price of blood.

In Context

5Then he threw down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and went out and hanged himself.

7They discussed the matter together and with the money bought the potter's field in which to bury strangers.

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Cross References

Isaiah 61:8For I, Yahweh, love justice, and I hate robbery and violent injustice. 1 I will faithfully repay them, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them. 1

Luke 6:7The scribes and the Pharisees were watching him closely to see whether he would heal someone on the Sabbath, so that they might find a reason to accuse him.

Matthew Henry on Matthew 27:2-11

The Repentance of Judas; The Confession of Judas; The Death of Judas; Disposal of the Thirty Pieces of Silver. 1 When the morning was come, all the chief priests and elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death: 2 And when they had bound him, they led him away, and delivered him to Pontius Pilate the governor. 3 Then Judas, which had betrayed him, when he saw that he was condemned, repented himself, and brought again the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders, 4 Saying, I… Read the whole commentary →

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