Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version 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.” New Living Translation 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.” English Standard Version But the chief priests, taking the pieces of silver, said, “It is not lawful to put them into the treasury, since it is blood money.” Berean Standard Bible The chief priests picked up the pieces of silver and said, “It is unlawful to put this into the treasury, since it is blood money.” Berean Literal Bible And the chief priests, having taken the pieces of silver, said, "It is not lawful to put them into the treasury, since it is the price of blood." King James Bible 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. New King James Version 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.” New American Standard Bible The chief priests took the pieces of silver and said, “It is not lawful to put them in the temple treasury, since it is money paid for blood.” NASB 1995 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.” NASB 1977 And 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.” Legacy Standard Bible And 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.” Amplified Bible 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.” Christian Standard Bible The chief priests took the silver and said, “It’s not permitted to put it into the temple treasury, since it is blood money.” Holman Christian Standard Bible The chief priests took the silver and said, “It’s not lawful to put it into the temple treasury, since it is blood money.” American Standard Version 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. Aramaic Bible in Plain English But the Chief Priests took the silver, and they said, “It is not legal to put it into the treasury, because it is the price of blood.” Contemporary English Version The chief priests picked up the money and said, "This money was paid to have a man killed. We can't put it in the temple treasury." Douay-Rheims Bible But the chief priests having taken the pieces of silver, said: It is not lawful to put them into the corbona, because it is the price of blood. English Revised Version 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. GOD'S WORD® Translation The chief priests took the money and said, "It's not right to put it into the temple treasury, because it's blood money." Good News Translation The chief priests picked up the coins and said, "This is blood money, and it is against our Law to put it in the Temple treasury." International Standard Version The high priests picked up the pieces of silver and said, "It is not lawful to put this into the Temple treasury, because it is blood money." Literal Standard Version And the chief priests having taken the pieces of silver, said, “It is not lawful to put them into the treasury, seeing it is the price of blood”; Majority Standard Bible The chief priests picked up the pieces of silver and said, “It is unlawful to put this into the treasury, since it is blood money.” New American Bible The chief priests gathered up the money, but said, “It is not lawful to deposit this in the temple treasury, for it is the price of blood.” NET Bible The chief priests took the silver and said, "It is not lawful to put this into the temple treasury, since it is blood money." New Revised Standard Version 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.” New Heart English Bible 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." Webster's Bible Translation And the chief priests took the silver pieces, and said, It is not lawful to put them into the treasury, because it is the price of blood. Weymouth New Testament When the High Priests had gathered up the money they said, "It is illegal to put it into the Treasury, because it is the price of blood." World English Bible 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.” Young's Literal Translation 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;' Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Judas Hangs Himself…5So Judas threw the silver into the temple and left. Then he went away and hanged himself. 6 The chief priests picked up the pieces of silver and said, “ It is unlawful to put this into the treasury, since it is blood money.” 7After conferring together, they used the money to buy the potter’s field as a burial place for foreigners.… Cross References Matthew 27:5 So Judas threw the silver into the temple and left. Then he went away and hanged himself. Matthew 27:7 After conferring together, they used the money to buy the potter's field as a burial place for foreigners. Mark 7:11 But you say that if a man says to his father or mother, 'Whatever you would have received from me is Corban' (that is, a gift devoted to God), Treasury of Scripture 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. It is not. Matthew 23:24 Ye blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel. 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… 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. to put. 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. 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. because. Jump to Previous Blood Cast Chief Coins Corban Gathered High Lawful Money Picked Pieces Price Priests Right Silver Silverlings Store Temple TreasuryJump to Next Blood Cast Chief Coins Corban Gathered High Lawful Money Picked Pieces Price Priests Right Silver Silverlings Store Temple TreasuryMatthew 27 1. Jesus is delivered bound to Pilate.3. Judas hangs himself. 19. Pilate, admonished of his wife, 20. and being urged by the multitude, washes his hands, and releases Barabbas. 27. Jesus is mocked and crowned with thorns; 33. crucified; 39. reviled; 50. dies, and is buried; 62. his tomb is sealed and watched. (6) It is not lawful for to put them into the treasury.--The Greek for the last word is the Corban, or sacred treasure-chest of the Temple, into which no foreign coins were admitted, and from which the Law (Deuteronomy 23:18) excluded the unclean offerings of the price of shame, which entered largely into the ritual of many heathen nations. By parity of reasoning, the priests seem to have thought that the blood-money which was thus returned was excluded also.Verse 6. - Took the silver pieces. They picked up the coins which Judas had flung away on the marble pavement of the court, but were perplexed to determine what they should do with them. It is not lawful. These men, who had felt no doubt or hesitation in compassing the death of an innocent Man by the foulest treachery and perversion of justice, have, or hypocritically professed to have, religious scruples about the disposal of this blood money thus thrown on their hands. While they calmly outraged all moral feeling, they punctiliously observed certain outward ceremonial decencies. "They strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel." The treasury (τὸν κορβανᾶν). The temple treasury, supplied by the offerings (corbans) of the pious for the expenses of Divine worship. It is most probable that these scrupulous priests had taken from this treasury the silver which they now deemed it sinful to replace. The price of blood. The wages of murder. It was inferred from Deuteronomy 23:18 that no money unlawfully gained, or derived from an impure source, might be used in purchasing things for God's service. Under Jewish Law such money must be restored to the donor; if circumstances rendered this impossible, or the offerer insisted on giving it, it was to be expended for some public object, the original owner being considered, by a legal fiction, to be its possessor still, and that which was paid for by the money being deemed as his gift to the community (comp. Acts 1:18, "This man purchased a field with the reward of iniquity"). Parallel Commentaries ... Greek TheΟἱ (Hoi) Article - Nominative Masculine Plural Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. chief priests ἀρχιερεῖς (archiereis) Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural Strong's 749: High priest, chief priest. From arche and hiereus; the high-priest; by extension a chief priest. picked up λαβόντες (labontes) Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural Strong's 2983: (a) I receive, get, (b) I take, lay hold of. the τὰ (ta) Article - Accusative Neuter Plural Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. pieces of silver ἀργύρια (argyria) Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural Strong's 694: Neuter of a presumed derivative of arguros; silvery, i.e. cash; specially, a silverling. [and] said, εἶπαν (eipan) Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural Strong's 2036: Answer, bid, bring word, command. A primary verb; to speak or say. “It is unlawful ἔξεστιν (exestin) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular Strong's 1832: It is permitted, lawful, possible. to put βαλεῖν (balein) Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active Strong's 906: (a) I cast, throw, rush, (b) often, in the weaker sense: I place, put, drop. A primary verb; to throw. this αὐτὰ (auta) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Neuter 3rd Person Plural Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons. into εἰς (eis) Preposition Strong's 1519: A primary preposition; to or into, of place, time, or purpose; also in adverbial phrases. the τὸν (ton) Article - Accusative Masculine Singular Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. treasury, κορβανᾶν (korbanan) Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular Strong's 2878: A gift, offering, anything consecrated to God. since ἐπεὶ (epei) Conjunction Strong's 1893: Of time: when, after; of cause: since, because; otherwise: else. From epi and ei; thereupon, i.e. Since. it is ἐστιν (estin) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular Strong's 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist. blood αἵματός (haimatos) Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular Strong's 129: Blood, literally, figuratively or specially; by implication, bloodshed, also kindred. money.” τιμὴ (timē) Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular Strong's 5092: A price, honor. From tino; a value, i.e. Money paid, or valuables; by analogy, esteem, or the dignity itself. 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