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Matthew 27:6

But the chief priests, taking the pieces of silver, said, “It is not lawful to put them into gthe treasury, since it is blood money.”

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Matthew 27:6 — The New International Version (NIV)

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.”

Matthew 27:6 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

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.

Matthew 27:6 — New Living Translation (NLT)

The leading priests picked up the coins. “It wouldn’t be right to put this money in the Temple treasury,” they said, “since it was payment for murder.”

Matthew 27:6 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

But the chief priests took the silver pieces and said, “It is not lawful to put them into the treasury, because they are the price of blood.”

Matthew 27:6 — New Century Version (NCV)

The leading priests picked up the silver coins in the Temple and said, “Our law does not allow us to keep this money with the Temple money, because it has paid for a man’s death.”

Matthew 27:6 — American Standard Version (ASV)

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.

Matthew 27:6 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

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.

Matthew 27:6 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

The chief priests took the money and said, “It’s not right to put it into the temple treasury, because it’s blood money.”

Matthew 27:6 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

The chief priests took the silver and said, “It’s not lawful to put it into the temple treasury, since it is blood money.”

Matthew 27:6 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

But the chief priests, taking the pieces of silver, said, “It is not lawful to put them into the treasury, since they are blood money.”

Matthew 27:6 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

But the chief priests took the silver coins and said, “It is not permitted to put them into the temple treasury, because it is blood money.”

Matthew 27:6 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

The chief priests picked up the coins. They said, “It’s against the law to put this money into the temple fund. It is blood money. It has paid for a man’s death.”

Matthew 27:6 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

The chief priests took the pieces of silver and said, “It is not lawful to put them into the temple treasury, since it is the price of blood.”


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