Matthew 27:6

Bible in Basic English 1965

And the chief priests took the silver and said, It is not right to put it in the Temple store for it is the price of blood.

Cross References

Isaiah 61:8

For I, the Lord, take pleasure in upright judging; I will not put up with the violent taking away of right; and I will certainly give them their reward, and I will make an eternal agreement with them.

Matthew 23:24

A curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones! for you make clean the outside of the cup and of the plate, but inside they are full of violent behaviour and uncontrolled desire.

Matthew 27:5

And he put down the silver in the Temple and went out, and put himself to death by hanging.

Matthew 27:7

And they made a decision to get with the silver the potter's field, as a place for the dead of other countries.

Mark 7:11

But you say, If a man says to his father or his mother, That by which you might have had profit from me is Corban, that is to say, Given to God,

John 18:28

So they took Jesus from the house of Caiaphas to the Praetorium. It was early. They themselves did not go into the Praetorium, so that they might not become unclean, but might take the Passover.

Deuteronomy 23:18

Do not take into the house of the Lord your God, as an offering for an oath, the price of a loose woman or the money given to one used for sex purposes in the worship of the gods: for these two things are disgusting to the Lord your God.