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And having thrown the silver-coins into[a] the temple, he departed. And having gone away, he hanged himself. But the chief priests, having taken the silver-coins, said, “It is not lawful to put them into the temple-treasury, since it is the price of blood”. And having taken counsel, they bought the field of the potter with[b] them, for a burial-place for strangers.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 27:5 Or, in the temple. Matthew may mean into the holy place; or, in the temple area.
  2. Matthew 27:7 Lit, for them, for [the value of] them.

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