New Testament · VERSE 7

Matthew 27:7

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And they took counsel, and bought with them the potter’s field, to bury strangers in.

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Matthew 27:5

And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged himself.

Matthew 27:6

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 27:7SELECTED VERSE

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.

Matthew 27:9

Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet, saying, And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him that was valued, whom they of the children of Israel did value;

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