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Matthew 27:6

“The chief priests picked up the pieces of silver and said, “It is unlawful to put this into the treasury, since it is blood money.””
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4“I have sinned by betraying innocent blood,” he said. “What is that to us?” they replied. “You bear the responsibility.”

5So Judas threw the silver into the temple and left. Then he went away and hanged himself.

6The chief priests picked up the pieces of silver and said, “It is unlawful to put this into the treasury, since it is blood money.”

7After conferring together, they used the money to buy the potter’s field as a burial place for foreigners.

8That is why it has been called the Field of Blood to this day.

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