Matthew 28:15 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition) So, they took the money and did as they were instructed. And this story [i.e., that Jesus’ body had been stolen by His disciples] was told widely among the Jews, and continues to be told to this day. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 So they took the money, and did as they were taught: and this saying is commonly reported among the Jews until this day. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition So they took the money and did as they were instructed; and this story has been current among the Jews to the present day. American Standard Version (1901) So they took the money, and did as they were taught: and this saying was spread abroad among the Jews, and continueth until this day. Common English Bible So the soldiers took the money and did as they were told. And this report has spread throughout all Judea to this very day. Catholic Public Domain Version Then, having accepted the money, they did as they were instructed. And this word has been spread among the Jews, even to this day. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version So they taking the money, did as they were taught: and this word was spread abroad among the Jews even unto this day. |
and said, “What would you give me if I turned Jesus over to you?” And they weighed out thirty silver coins [Note: This amount was equivalent to about five months of a farm laborer’s wages, or approximately $13,500 in 2005], and promised [See Mark 14:11] to give him that much money.
But [instead], they went all over the district telling people about Him.
But [instead] the man went out telling everyone about the miracle of healing and spreading the story widely, so that Jesus was not able to enter a town publicly but had to remain outside in deserted places. [So], people went to Him there from all over the region.
For, loving money is a source of all kinds of evil, [and] some people who crave it have been led astray from the faith, and have stabbed themselves [in the heart] with many sorrows.