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1 Early in the morning all the chief priests and the leaders of the people decided to execute Jesus. 2 They tied him up, led him away, and handed him over to Pilate, the governor. 3 Then Judas, who had betrayed Jesus, regretted what had happened when he saw that Jesus was condemned. He brought the 30 silver coins back to the chief priests and leaders. 4 He said, |I've sinned by betraying an innocent man.| They replied, |What do we care? That's your problem.| 5 So he threw the money into the temple, went away, and hanged himself. 6 The chief priests took the money and said, |It's not right to put it into the temple treasury, because it's blood money.| 7 So they decided to use it to buy a potter's field for the burial of strangers. 8 That's why that field has been called the Field of Blood ever since. Matthew 27:1-8, God's Word Translation. Copyright © 1995 by God's Word to the Nations.
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