Matthew 28:15 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

¹⁵ 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.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁵ 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

¹⁵ 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)

¹⁵ 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

¹⁵ 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

¹⁵ 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

¹⁵ So they taking the money, did as they were taught: and this word was spread abroad among the Jews even unto this day.

Matthew 28:15 Cross References

Matthew 26:15

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.

Matthew 27:8

So, that field is called, ‘The Field of Blood’ to this day.

Matthew 9:31

But [instead], they went all over the district telling people about Him.

Mark 1:45

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.

1 Timothy 6:10

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.