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And when he had cast forth the [pieces of] silver in the temple, he passed forth, and went, and hanged himself with a snare.

And the princes of priests took the [pieces of] silver, and said, It is not leaveful to put it into the treasury [It is not leaveful to send them into the treasury], for it is the price of blood.

And when they had taken counsel, they bought with it a field of a potter [they bought with them the field of a potter], into [the] burying of pilgrims.

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So Judas threw the money into the temple(A) and left. Then he went away and hanged himself.(B)

The chief priests picked up the coins and said, “It is against the law to put this into the treasury, since it is blood money.” So they decided to use the money to buy the potter’s field as a burial place for foreigners.

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