Matthew 27:1–14

Judas’s Remorse

^1aNow when morning came, all the chief priests and the elders of the people conferred together against Jesus to put Him to death;

²and they bound Him, and led Him away and ^adelivered Him to ^bPilate the governor.

³Then when ^aJudas, who had betrayed Him, saw that He had been condemned, he felt remorse and returned ^bthe thirty ¹pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders,

⁴saying, “I have sinned by betraying innocent blood.” But they said, “What is that to us? ^aSee to that yourself!”

⁵And he threw the pieces of silver into ^athe temple sanctuary and departed; and ^bhe went away and hanged himself.

⁶The 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.”

⁷And they conferred together and ¹with the money bought the Potter’s Field as a burial place for strangers.

^8aFor this reason that field has been called the Field of Blood to this day.

⁹Then that which was spoken through Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled: “^aAnd ¹they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of the one whose price had been set by the sons of Israel;

^10aand ¹they gave them for the Potter’s Field, as the Lord directed me.”

Jesus before Pilate

^11aNow Jesus stood before the governor, and the governor questioned Him, saying, “Are You the ^bKing of the Jews?” And Jesus said to him, “^cIt is as you say.”

¹²And while He was being accused by the chief priests and elders, ^aHe did not answer.

¹³Then Pilate said to Him, “Do You not hear how many things they testify against You?”

¹⁴And ^aHe did not answer him with regard to even a single ¹charge, so the governor was quite amazed.