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saying, I have sinned in that I [a]betrayed [b]innocent blood. But they said, What is that to us? see thou to it. And he cast down the pieces of silver into the sanctuary, and departed; and he went away and hanged himself. And the chief priests took the pieces of silver, and said, It is not lawful to put them into the [c]treasury, since it is the price of blood.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 27:4 See marginal note on 10:4.
  2. Matthew 27:4 Many ancient authorities read righteous.
  3. Matthew 27:6 Greek corbanas, that is, sacred treasury. Compare Mk. 7:11.