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Matthew 27:6

King James Version (KJV)

And 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.

Translations

Matthew 27:6 - Amplified Bible

But the chief priests, picking up the pieces of silver, said, It is not legal to put these in the [consecrated] treasury, for it is the price of blood.

Matthew 27:6 - American Standard Version

And 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.

Matthew 27:6 - Bible in Basic English

And the chief priests took the silver and said, It is not right to put it in the Temple store for it is the price of blood.

Matthew 27:6 - Darby Bible

And 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.

Matthew 27:6 - English Standard Version

But the chief priests, taking the pieces of silver, said, "It is not lawful to put them into the treasury, since it is blood money."

Matthew 27:6 - King James Version

And 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.

Matthew 27:6 - La Biblia de las Americas

Y los principales sacerdotes tomaron las piezas de plata, y dijeron: No es lìcito ponerlas en el tesoro del templo, puesto que es precio de sangre.

Matthew 27:6 - The Message

The high priests picked up the silver pieces, but then didn’t know what to do with them. "It wouldn’t be right to give this—a payment for murder!—as an offering in the Temple." They decided to get rid of it by buying the "Potter’s Field" and use it as a burial place for the homeless. That’s how the field got called "Murder Meadow," a name that has stuck to this day. Then Jeremiah’s words became history:

   They took the thirty silver pieces,
   The price of the one priced by some sons of Israel,
   And they purchased the potter’s field.
And so they unwittingly followed the divine instructions to the letter.

Matthew 27:6 - New American Standard Bible

The chief priests took the pieces of silver and said, "It is not lawful to put them into the temple treasury, since it is the price of blood."

Matthew 27:6 - Nueva Biblia Latinoamericana de Hoy

Los principales sacerdotes tomaron las monedas de plata, y dijeron: "No es lìcito ponerlas en el tesoro del templo, puesto que es precio de sangre."

Matthew 27:6 - World English Bible

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."

Matthew 27:6 - Young's Living Translation

And 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;`

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