Matthew 27:6 — Bible Verse (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 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Matthew 27:6 in 6 Bible Translations
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Matthew 27:6 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“The chief priests took the pieces of silver and said, “It’s not lawful to put them into the treasury, since it is the price of blood.””
Matthew 27:6 — World English Bible
Matthew 27:6 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“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 — American Standard Version
Matthew 27:6 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“And the chief priests having taken the silverlings, said, `It is not lawful to put them to the treasury, seeing it is the price of blood;'”
Matthew 27:6 — Young's Literal Translation
Matthew 27:6 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And the chief priests took the pieces of silver and said, It is not lawful to cast them into the Corban, since it is [the] price of blood. ”
Matthew 27:6 — Darby Translation
Matthew 27:6 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“And the chiefe Priestes tooke the siluer pieces, and sayde, It is not lawfull for vs to put them into the treasure, because it is the price of bloud.”
Matthew 27:6 — Geneva Bible
Matthew 27:6 in Context — Matthew 27
4 Saying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood. And they said, What is that to us? see thou to that.
5 And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged himself.
6 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.
7 And they took counsel, and bought with them the potter’s field, to bury strangers in.
8 Wherefore that field was called, The field of blood, unto this day.
What Does Matthew 27:6 Mean?
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