| 3 When Judas, who had
betrayed him, saw that Jesus was condemned, he was seized with remorse and
returned the thirty silver coins to the chief priests and the elders.
4 "I have sinned," he said, "for I
have betrayed innocent blood."
"What is that to us?" they replied. "That's your responsibility."
5 So Judas threw the money into the
temple and left.
Then he went away and hanged himself.
6 The chief priests picked up the
coins and said, "It is against the law to put this into the treasury, since it
is blood money."
7 So they decided to use the money to
buy the potter's field as a burial place for foreigners.
8 That is why it 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 set on him by the people of Israel,
10 and they used them to buy the
potter's field,
as the Lord commanded me."
Matthew 27:3-10 | 
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