Matthew 27:4-8
Matthew 27:4
saying, “I have sinned by betraying innocent blood.” But they said, “What is that to us? You shall see to it yourself!”
Matthew 27:5
And he threw the pieces of silver into the temple sanctuary and left; and he went away and hanged himself.
Matthew 27:6
The chief priests took the pieces of silver and said, “It is not lawful to put them in the temple treasury, since it is money paid for blood.”
Matthew 27:7
And they conferred together and with the money bought the Potter’s Field as a burial place for strangers.
Matthew 27:8
For this reason that field has been called the Field of Blood to this day.