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And he cast down the pieces of silver into the sanctuary, and departed; and he went away and hanged himself. And the chief priests took the pieces of silver, and said, It is not lawful to put them into the [a]treasury, since it is the price of blood. And they took counsel, and bought with them the potter’s field, to bury strangers in.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 27:6 Greek corbanas, that is, sacred treasury. Compare Mk. 7:11.