Matthew 27:3-8

Good News Translation

The Death of Judas^(A)

^3 (B)When Judas, the traitor, learned that Jesus had been condemned, he repented and took back the thirty silver coins to the chief priests and the elders. ⁴ “I have sinned by betraying an innocent man to death!” he said.

“What do we care about that?” they answered. “That is your business!”

⁵ Judas threw the coins down in the Temple and left; then he went off and hanged himself.

⁶ The chief priests picked up the coins and said, “This is blood money, and it is against our Law to put it in the Temple treasury.” ⁷ After reaching an agreement about it, they used the money to buy Potter's Field, as a cemetery for foreigners. ⁸ That is why that field is called “Field of Blood” to this very day.