Matthew 27:6
King 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.
Matthew 27:6 in context
Matthew 27:4
Saying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood. And they said, What is that to us? see thou to that.
Matthew 27:5
And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged himself.
Matthew 27:6SELECTED VERSE
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 27:7
And they took counsel, and bought with them the potter’s field, to bury strangers in.
Matthew 27:8
Wherefore that field was called, The field of blood, unto this day.