Matthew 27:1–26

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.

^15aNow at the feast the governor was accustomed to release for the ¹people any one prisoner whom they wanted.

¹⁶At that time they were holding a notorious prisoner, called Barabbas.

¹⁷So when the people gathered together, Pilate said to them, “Whom do you want me to release for you? Barabbas, or Jesus ^awho is called Christ?”

¹⁸For he knew that because of envy they had handed Him over.

^19aWhile he was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent him a message, saying, “Have nothing to do with that ^brighteous Man; for ¹last night I suffered greatly ^cin a dream because of Him.”

²⁰But the chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowds to ^aask for Barabbas and to put Jesus to death.

²¹But the governor ¹said to them, “Which of the two do you want me to release for you?” And they said, “Barabbas.”

²²Pilate said to them, “Then what shall I do with Jesus ^awho is called Christ?” They all said, “¹Crucify Him!”

²³And he said, “Why, what evil has He done?” But they kept shouting all the more, saying, “¹Crucify Him!”

²⁴When Pilate saw that he was accomplishing nothing, but rather that ^aa riot was starting, he took water and ^bwashed his hands in front of the crowd, saying, “I am innocent of ^cthis Man’s blood; ^dsee to that yourselves.”

²⁵And all the people said, “^aHis blood shall be on us and on our children!”

²⁶Then he released Barabbas ¹for them; but after having Jesus ^ascourged, he handed Him over to be crucified.