Matthew 27:6KJV
Protestant Bible · KJV · Verse 6 of 66
"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."
In context
4Saying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood. And they said, What to us? see thou .
5And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged himself.
6And 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.
7And they took counsel, and bought with them the potter's field, to bury strangers in.
8Wherefore that field was called, The field of blood, unto this day.