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saying, “I sinned, having handed-over innocent blood!” But the ones said, “What is it to us? You shall see to it”. And having thrown the silver-coins into[a] the temple, he departed. And having gone away, he hanged himself. But the chief priests, having taken the silver-coins, said, “It is not lawful to put them into the temple-treasury, since it is the price of blood”.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 27:5 Or, in the temple. Matthew may mean into the holy place; or, in the temple area.

“I have sinned,” he said, “for I have betrayed innocent blood.”

“What is that to us?” they replied. “That’s your responsibility.”(A)

So Judas threw the money into the temple(B) and left. Then he went away and hanged himself.(C)

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.”

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