Devine Scripture

Matthew 27:6

Matthew chapter 27 · verse 6 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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.

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.

Context

v.5And he cast down the pieces of silver into the sanctuary, and departed; and he went away and hanged himself.

v.6This passage

v.7And they took counsel, and bought with them the potter’s field, to bury strangers in.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Isaiah 61:8

    For I, Jehovah, love justice, I hate robbery with iniquity; and I will give them their recompense in truth, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them.

  • Deuteronomy 23:18

    Thou shalt not bring the hire of a harlot, or the wages of a dog, into the house of Jehovah thy God for any vow: for even both these are an abomination unto Jehovah thy God.

  • Luke 6:7

    And the scribes and the Pharisees watched him, whether he would heal on the sabbath; that they might find how to accuse him.

  • John 18:28

    They lead Jesus therefore from Caiaphas into the Prætorium: and it was early; and they themselves entered not into the Prætorium, that they might not be defiled, but might eat the passover.

  • Matthew 23:24

    Ye blind guides, that strain out the gnat, and swallow the camel!