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.


In Context

3 Then Judas, who betrayed him, seeing that he was condemned, repenting himself, brought back the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and ancients,

4 Saying: I have sinned in betraying innocent blood. But they said: What is that to us? look thou to it.

5 And casting down the pieces of silver in the temple, he departed: and went and hanged himself with an halter.

6 But 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.

7 And after they had consulted together, they bought with them the potter's field, to be a burying place for strangers.

8 For this cause the field was called Haceldama, that is, The field of blood, even to 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 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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

27:6And 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.

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.