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He said, ‘I have sinned by betraying innocent[a] blood.’ But they said, ‘What is that to us? See to it yourself.’ Throwing down the pieces of silver in the temple, 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 the treasury, since they are blood money.’

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 27:4 Other ancient authorities read righteous

“I have sinned,” he said, “for I have betrayed innocent blood.”

“What is that to us?” they replied. “That’s your responsibility.”(A)

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

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.”

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