And throwing down the pieces of silver into the temple, (A)he departed, and he went and hanged himself. But the chief priests, taking the pieces of silver, said, “It is not lawful to put them into (B)the treasury, since it is blood money.” So they took counsel and bought with them the potter's field as a burial place for strangers. Therefore (C)that field has been called the Field of Blood (D)to this day.

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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. That is why it has been called the Field of Blood(C) to this day.

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