Matthew 27:6 “The chief priests picked up the pieces of silver and said, “It is unla…”

Matthew 27:6

The chief priests picked up the pieces of silver and said, “It is unlawful to put this into the treasury, since it is blood money.”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

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.

World English 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.”

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

And the chiefe Priestes tooke the siluer pieces, and sayde, It is not lawfull for vs to put them into the treasure, because it is the price of bloud.

Darby Translation

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.

Young's Literal 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;'

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.

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Cross references

“It is not”

Luke 6:7–9 Matthew 23:24 John 18:28

Luke 6:7–9 · BSB

Looking for a reason to accuse Jesus, the scribes and Pharisees were watching Him closely to see if He would heal on the Sabbath.

Matthew 23:24 · BSB

You blind guides! You strain out a gnat but swallow a camel.

John 18:28 · BSB

Then they led Jesus away from Caiaphas into the Praetorium. By now it was early morning, and the Jews did not enter the Praetorium, to avoid being defiled and unable to eat the Passover.

“to put”

Deuteronomy 23:18 Isaiah 61:8

Deuteronomy 23:18 · BSB

You must not bring the wages of a prostitute, whether female or male, into the house of the LORD your God to fulfill any vow, because both are detestable to the LORD your God.

Isaiah 61:8 · BSB

For I, the LORD, love justice; I hate robbery and iniquity; in My faithfulness I will give them their recompense and make an everlasting covenant with them.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

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

7After conferring together, they used the money to buy the potter’s field as a burial place for foreigners.

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