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.|


In Context

3 Then Judas, who betrayed him, when he saw that Jesus was condemned, felt remorse, and brought back the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders,

4 saying, |I have sinned in that I betrayed innocent blood.| But they said, |What is that to us? You see to it.|

5 He threw down the pieces of silver in the sanctuary, and departed. He went away and hanged himself.

6 The 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.|

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

8 Therefore that field was 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 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 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.