Matthew 27:6
Matthew 27:6 King James Version (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 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
The chief priests took the pieces of silver and said, “It is not lawful to put them into the temple treasury, since it is the price of blood.”
Matthew 27:6 American Standard Version (ASV)
And the chief priests took the pieces of silver, and said, It is not lawful to put them into the treasury, since it is the price of blood.
Matthew 27:6 Amplified Bible (AMP)
The chief priests, picking up the pieces of silver, said, “It is not lawful to put these in the treasury [of the temple], because it is the price of blood.”
Matthew 27:6-10 The Message (MSG)
The high priests picked up the silver pieces, but then didn’t know what to do with them. “It wouldn’t be right to give this—a payment for murder!—as an offering in the Temple.” They decided to get rid of it by buying the “Potter’s Field” and use it as a burial place for the homeless. That’s how the field got called “Murder Meadow,” a name that has stuck to this day. Then Jeremiah’s words became history: They took the thirty silver pieces, The price of the one priced by some sons of Israel, And they purchased the potter’s field. And so they unwittingly followed the divine instructions to the letter.
Matthew 27:6 New Century Version (NCV)
The leading priests picked up the silver coins in the Temple and said, “Our law does not allow us to keep this money with the Temple money, because it has paid for a man’s death.”
Matthew 27:6 New International Version (Anglicised) (NIVUK)
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.’
Matthew 27:6 New King James Version (NKJV)
But the chief priests took the silver pieces and said, “It is not lawful to put them into the treasury, because they are the price of blood.”
Matthew 27:6 New Living Translation (NLT)
The leading priests picked up the coins. “It wouldn’t be right to put this money in the Temple treasury,” they said, “since it was payment for murder.”