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Matthew 27:6

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6–10The high priests picked up the silver pieces, but then didn’t know what to do with them. “It wouldn’t be right to give this—a payment for murder!—as an offering in the Temple.”

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

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

NIVNew International Version (2011)

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.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

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

NLTNew Living Translation

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.”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

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.”

KJV 1900King James 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.