Matthew 27:5-9
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.
Matthew 27:9
Then that which was spoken through Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled: “And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of the One whose price had been set by the sons of Israel;