"And the chief priests took the silver pieces, and said, It is not lawful for to put them into the treasury, because it i…" — Matthew 27:6

Matthew 27:6 · KJV

“And the chief priests took the silver pieces, and said, It is not lawful for to put them into the treasury, because it is the price of blood.”

— Matthew 27:6

Verse 5

And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged himself.

Verse 7

And they took counsel, and bought with them the potter's field, to bury strangers in.

Matthew 27 — Context

Saying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood. And they said, What {is that} to us? see thou {to that}.

And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged himself.

And the chief priests took the silver pieces, and said, It is not lawful for to put them into the treasury, because it is the price of blood.

And they took counsel, and bought with them the potter's field, to bury strangers in.

Wherefore that field was called, The field of blood, unto this day.

Cross References

Deuteronomy 23:18

Thou shalt not bring the hire of a whore, or the price of a dog, into the house of the LORD thy God for any vow: for even both these {are} abomination unto the LORD thy God.

Luke 6:7-9

And the scribes and Pharisees watched him, whether he would heal on the sabbath day; that they might find an accusation against him.

Matthew 23:24

{Ye} blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel.

John 18:28

Then led they Jesus from Caiaphas unto the hall of judgment: and it was early; and they themselves went not into the judgment hall, lest they should be defiled; but that they might eat the passover. {the hall...: or, Pilate's house}

Isaiah 61:8

For I the LORD love judgment, I hate robbery for burnt offering; and I will direct their work in truth, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them.