Matthew 27:6

Catholic Public Domain Version

But the leaders of the priests, having taken up the pieces of silver, said, "It is not lawful to put them into the temple offerings, because it is the price of blood."

Cross References

Isaiah 61:8

For I am the Lord, who loves judgment and who holds hatred for robbery within a burnt offering. And I will turn their work into truth, and I will forge a perpetual covenant with them.

Matthew 23:24

You blind guides, straining out a gnat, while swallowing a camel!

Matthew 27:5

And throwing down the pieces of silver in the temple, he departed. And going out, he hanged himself with a snare.

Matthew 27:7

Then, having taken counsel, they bought the potter's field with it, as a burying place for sojourners.

Mark 7:11

But you say, 'If a man will have said to his father or mother: Korban, (which is a gift) whatever is from me will be to your benefit,'

John 18:28

Then they led Jesus from Caiaphas into the praetorium. Now it was morning, and so they did not enter into the praetorium, so that they would not be defiled, but might eat the Passover.

Deuteronomy 23:18

You shall not offer money from a prostitute, nor the price of a dog, in the house of the Lord your God, no matter what you may have vowed. For both of these are an abomination with the Lord your God.