Matthew 27:3-10 ▼

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.|