1 Now when morning came, all the chief priests and the elders of the people conferred together 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 when Judas, who had betrayed Him, saw that He had been condemned, he felt remorse and returned the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders,
4 saying, |I have sinned by betraying innocent blood.| But they said, |What is that to us? See [to that] yourself!|
5 And he threw the pieces of silver into the temple sanctuary and departed; and he went away and hanged himself.
6 The chief priests took the pieces of silver and said, |It is not lawful to put them into the temple treasury, since it is the price of blood.|
7 And they conferred together and with the money bought the Potter's Field as a burial place for strangers.
8 For this reason that field has been called the Field of Blood to this day.
9 Then that which was spoken through Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled: |AND THEY TOOK THE THIRTY PIECES OF SILVER, THE PRICE OF THE ONE WHOSE PRICE HAD BEEN SET by the sons of Israel;
10 AND THEY GAVE THEM FOR THE POTTER'S FIELD, AS THE LORD DIRECTED ME.|
11 Now Jesus stood before the governor, and the governor questioned Him, saying, |Are You the King of the Jews?| And Jesus said to him, |[It is as] you say.|
12 And while He was being accused by the chief priests and elders, He did not answer.
13 Then Pilate said to Him, |Do You not hear how many things they testify against You?|
14 And He did not answer him with regard to even a [single] charge, so the governor was quite amazed.
15 Now at [the] feast the governor was accustomed to release for the people [any] one prisoner whom they wanted.
16 At that time they were holding a notorious prisoner, called Barabbas.
17 So when the people gathered together, Pilate said to them, |Whom do you want me to release for you? Barabbas, or Jesus who is called Christ?|
18 For he knew that because of envy they had handed Him over.
19 While he was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent him [a message], saying, |Have nothing to do with that righteous Man; for last night I suffered greatly in a dream because of Him.|
20 But the chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowds to ask for Barabbas and to put Jesus to death.
21 But the governor said to them, |Which of the two do you want me to release for you?| And they said, |Barabbas.|
