Matthew 27:1-13 ▼

1 Now when morning had come, all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death:

2 and they bound him, and led him away, and delivered him to Pilate, the governor.

3 Then Judas, who betrayed him, when he saw that Jesus was condemned, felt remorse, and returned the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders,

4 saying, |I have sinned in that I betrayed innocent blood.| But they said, |What is that to us? You see to it.|

5 He threw down the pieces of silver in the sanctuary, and departed. He went away and hanged himself.

6 The chief priests took the pieces of silver, and said, |It's not lawful to put them into the treasury, since it is the price of blood.|

7 They took counsel, and bought the potter's field with them, to bury strangers in.

8 Therefore that field was called |The Field of Blood| to this day.

9 Then that which was spoken through Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled, saying, |They took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him upon whom a price had been set, whom some of the children of Israel priced,

10 and they gave them for the potter's field, as the Lord commanded me.|

11 Now Jesus stood before the governor: and the governor asked him, saying, |Are you the King of the Jews?| Jesus said to him, |You say so.|

12 When he was accused by the chief priests and elders, he answered nothing.

13 Then Pilate said to him, |Do you not hear how many things they testify against you?|