6And the chief priests took the pieces of silver and said, It is not lawful to cast them into the Corban, since it is the price of blood.


In Context

3 Then Judas, who delivered him up, seeing that he had been condemned, filled with remorse, returned the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and the elders,

4 saying, I have sinned in having delivered up guiltless blood. But they said, What is that to us? see thou to that.

5 And having cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, he left the place, and went away and hanged himself.

6 And the chief priests took the pieces of silver and said, It is not lawful to cast them into the Corban, since it is the price of blood.

7 And having taken counsel, they bought with them the field of the potter for a burying-ground for strangers.

8 Wherefore that field has been called Blood-field unto this day.

Matthew 27:6 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

27:6And 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.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

27:6The chief priests picked up the coins and said, "It is against the law to put this into the treasury, since it is blood money."

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

27:6But the chief priests having taken the pieces of silver, said: It is not lawful to put them into the corbona, because it is the price of blood.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

27:6And the chief priests took the pieces of silver, and said, It is not lawful to put them into the treasury, since it is the price of blood.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

27:6And the chief priests took the pieces of silver, and said, It is not lawful to put them into the treasury, since it is the price of blood.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

27:6And the chief priests took the silver pieces, and said, It is not lawful to put them into the treasury, because it is the price of blood.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

27:6The 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.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

27:6And the chief priests having taken the silverlings, said, 'It is not lawful to put them to the treasury, seeing it is the price of blood;'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

27:6And 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.