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.


In Context

3 Then Judas, who had betrayed him, when he saw that he was condemned, repented and brought again the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders,

4 Saying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed innocent blood. And they said, What is that to us? see thou to that.

5 And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged himself.

6 And 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.

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

8 Wherefore that field 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 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 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 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.