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Matthew 27:6
Judas Hangs Himself
5So Judas threw the silver into the temple and left. Then he went away and hanged himself.6The chief priests picked up the pieces of silver and said, “It is unlawful to put this into the treasury, since it is blood money.”7After conferring together, they used the money to buy the potter’s field as a burial place for foreigners.
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Berean Standard Bible
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.”
American Standard Version (1901)
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.
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.
Douay-Rheims 1899
But 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.
Free Bible Version
The chief priests took the silver coins and said, “This is blood money, so it's not lawful to put this in the Temple treasury.”
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.
King James (Authorized) 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.
One Unity Resource 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.”
Translation for Translators
Later the high priests found the coins. They picked them up and said, “This is money that we paid to have a man killed [MTY], and our law does not allow such money to be put {us to put such money} into the Temple treasury.”
Unlocked Literal Bible
The chief priests took the pieces of silver and said, “It is not lawful to put this into the treasury, because it is the price of blood.”
Noah Webster 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.
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.”
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;'