Matthew 27:6
“And the chiefe Priests tooke the siluer pieces, and said, It is not lawfull for to put them into the treasurie, because it is the price of blood.”
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Matthew 27:6 Context
4Saying, I haue sinned, in that I haue betraied the innocent blood. And they said, What is that to vs? see thou to that. 5And hee cast downe the pieces of siluer in the Temple, and departed, and went and hanged himselfe. 6And the chiefe Priests tooke the siluer pieces, and said, It is not lawfull for to put them into the treasurie, because it is the price of blood. 7And they tooke counsell, and bought with them the potters field, to burie strangers in. 8Wherefore that field was called, The field of blood vnto this day.
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Other Translations for Matthew 27:6
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.
- King James Version
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."
- New American Standard Version (1995)
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.
- American Standard Version (1901)
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.
- Basic English 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.
- Darby Bible
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.
- Webster's Bible
When the High Priests had gathered up the money they said, "It is illegal to put it into the Treasury, because it is the price of blood."
- Weymouth Bible
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."
- World English Bible
And the princis of prestis token the siluer, and seide, It is not leueful to putte it in to the treserie, for it is the prijs of blood.
- Wycliffe Bible
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;'
- Youngs Literal Bible
People's Bible Notes for Matthew 27:6
Mt 27:6 It is not lawful for to put them into the treasury. These men were not too scrupulous to send the innocent to death, to shed the blood of the innocent, but were too scrupulous to put blood money into the treasury. They could pay blood money, but could not take it back.