Matthew 27:6

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

The chief priests took the silver and said,“It is not lawful to put this into the temple treasury, since it is blood money.”

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  • Luke 6:7-9 : 7 The experts in the law and the Pharisees watched Jesus closely to see if he would heal on the Sabbath, so that they could find a reason to accuse him. 8 But he knew their thoughts, and said to the man who had the withered hand,“Get up and stand here.” So he rose and stood there. 9 Then Jesus said to them,“I ask you, is it lawful to do good on the Sabbath or to do evil, to save a life or to destroy it?”
  • John 18:28 : 28 Jesus Brought Before Pilate Then they brought Jesus from Caiaphas to the Roman governor’s residence.(Now it was very early morning.) They did not go into the governor’s residence so they would not be ceremonially defiled, but could eat the Passover meal.
  • Isa 61:8 : 8 For I, the LORD, love justice and hate robbery and sin. I will repay them because of my faithfulness; I will make a permanent covenant with them.
  • Matt 23:24 : 24 Blind guides! You strain out a gnat yet swallow a camel!
  • Deut 23:18 : 18 You must never bring the pay of a female prostitute or the wage of a male prostitute into the temple of the LORD your God in fulfillment of any vow, for both of these are abhorrent to the LORD your God.

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  • Matt 27:7-10
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    7 After consulting together they bought the Potter’s Field with it, as a burial place for foreigners.

    8 For this reason that field 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 of the one whose price had been set by the people of Israel,

    10 and they gave them for the potter’s field, as the Lord commanded me.”

  • Matt 27:1-5
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    1 Jesus Brought Before Pilate When it was early in the morning, all the chief priests and the elders of the people plotted against Jesus to execute him.

    2 They tied him up, led him away, and handed him over to Pilate the governor.

    3 Judas’ Suicide Now when Judas, who had betrayed him, saw that Jesus had been condemned, he regretted what he had done and returned the thirty silver coins to the chief priests and the elders,

    4 saying,“I have sinned by betraying innocent blood!” But they said,“What is that to us? You take care of it yourself!”

    5 So Judas threw the silver coins into the temple and left. Then he went out and hanged himself.

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    14 The Plan to Betray Jesus Then one of the twelve, the one named Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests

    15 and said,“What will you give me to betray him into your hands?” So they set out thirty silver coins for him.

    16 From that time on, Judas began looking for an opportunity to betray him.

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    12 Then I said to them,“If it seems good to you, pay me my wages, but if not, forget it.” So they weighed out my payment– thirty pieces of silver.

    13 The LORD then said to me,“Throw to the potter that exorbitant sum at which they valued me!” So I took the thirty pieces of silver and threw them to the potter at the temple of the LORD.

  • 12 After they had assembled with the elders and formed a plan, they gave a large sum of money to the soldiers,

  • Luke 22:4-6
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    4 He went away and discussed with the chief priests and officers of the temple guard how he might betray Jesus, handing him over to them.

    5 They were delighted and arranged to give him money.

    6 So Judas agreed and began looking for an opportunity to betray Jesus when no crowd was present.

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    18 (Now this man Judas acquired a field with the reward of his unjust deed, and falling headfirst he burst open in the middle and all his intestines gushed out.

    19 This became known to all who lived in Jerusalem, so that in their own language they called that field Hakeldama, that is,“Field of Blood.”)

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    10 The Plan to Betray Jesus Then Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, went to the chief priests to betray Jesus into their hands.

    11 When they heard this, they were delighted and promised to give him money. So Judas began looking for an opportunity to betray him.

  • 15 So they took the money and did as they were instructed. And this story is told among the Jews to this day.

  • 16 (The silver collected in conjunction with reparation offerings and sin offerings was not brought to the LORD’s temple; it belonged to the priests.)

  • 2 The chief priests and the experts in the law were trying to find some way to execute Jesus, for they were afraid of the people.

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    5 “Why wasn’t this oil sold for three hundred silver coins and the money given to the poor?”

    6 (Now Judas said this not because he was concerned about the poor, but because he was a thief. As keeper of the money box, he used to steal what was put into it.)

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    3 Then the chief priests and the elders of the people met together in the palace of the high priest, who was named Caiaphas.

    4 They planned to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill him.

  • 20 But the chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowds to ask for Barabbas and to have Jesus killed.

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    65 Then the high priest tore his clothes and declared,“He has blasphemed! Why do we still need witnesses? Now you have heard the blasphemy!

    66 What is your verdict?” They answered,“He is guilty and deserves death.”

  • 20 But Peter said to him,“May your silver perish with you, because you thought you could acquire God’s gift with money!

  • 57 Condemned by the Sanhedrin Now the ones who had arrested Jesus led him to Caiaphas, the high priest, in whose house the experts in the law and the elders had gathered.

  • 66 When day came, the council of the elders of the people gathered together, both the chief priests and the experts in the law. Then they led Jesus away to their council

  • 31 Pilate told them,“Take him yourselves and pass judgment on him according to your own law!” The Jewish leaders replied,“We cannot legally put anyone to death.”

  • 27 The Authority of Jesus They came again to Jerusalem. While Jesus was walking in the temple courts, the chief priests, the experts in the law, and the elders came up to him

  • 8 So they seized him, killed him, and threw his body out of the vineyard.

  • 10 When they saw the chest was full of silver, the royal secretary and the high priest counted the silver that had been brought to the LORD’s temple and bagged it up.

  • 50 From the firstborn males of the Israelites he collected the money, 1,365 shekels, according to the sanctuary shekel.

  • 6 When the chief priests and their officers saw him, they shouted out,“Crucify him! Crucify him!” Pilate said,“You take him and crucify him! Certainly I find no reason for an accusation against him!”

  • 20 and how our chief priests and leaders handed him over to be condemned to death, and crucified him.

  • 27 When they had brought them, they stood them before the council, and the high priest questioned them,

  • 24 Jesus is Condemned and Mocked When Pilate saw that he could do nothing, but that instead a riot was starting, he took some water, washed his hands before the crowd and said,“I am innocent of this man’s blood. You take care of it yourselves!”

  • 16 So they brought one, and he said to them,“Whose image is this, and whose inscription?” They replied,“Caesar’s.”

  • 1 Jesus Brought Before Pilate Early in the morning, after forming a plan, the chief priests with the elders and the experts in the law and the whole Sanhedrin tied Jesus up, led him away, and handed him over to Pilate.

  • 12 They incited the people, the elders, and the experts in the law; then they approached Stephen, seized him, and brought him before the council.

  • 11 But the chief priests stirred up the crowd to have him release Barabbas instead.

  • 59 The chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were trying to find false testimony against Jesus so that they could put him to death.

  • 29 Some thought that, because Judas had the money box, Jesus was telling him to buy whatever they needed for the feast, or to give something to the poor.)