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."


In Context

3 When Judas, who had betrayed him, saw that Jesus was condemned, he was seized with remorse and returned the thirty silver coins to the chief priests and the elders.

4 "I have sinned," he said, "for I have betrayed innocent blood." "What is that to us?" they replied. "That's your responsibility."

5 So Judas threw the money into the temple and left. Then he went away and hanged himself.

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

7 So they decided to use the money to buy the potter's field as a burial place for foreigners.

8 That is why it has been called the Field of Blood 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 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 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.