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


In Context

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.

9 Then what was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled: "They took the thirty silver coins, the price set on him by the people of Israel,

Matthew 27:7 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

27:7And they took counsel, and bought with them the potter’s field, to bury strangers in.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

27:7And after they had consulted together, they bought with them the potter's field, to be a burying place for strangers.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

27:7And they took counsel, and bought with them the potter's field, to bury strangers in.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

27:7And having taken counsel, they bought with them the field of the potter for a burying-ground for strangers.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

27:7And they took counsel, and bought with them the potter's field, to bury strangers in.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

27:7And they took counsel, and bought with them the potter's field, to bury strangers in.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

27:7They took counsel, and bought the potter's field with them, to bury strangers in.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

27:7and having taken counsel, they bought with them the field of the potter, for the burial of strangers;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

27:7And they took counsel, and bought with them the potter's field, to bury strangers in.