Matthew 27:6

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

The chief priests picked up the money and said, “This money was paid to have a man killed. We can't put it in the temple treasury.”

Cross References

Isaiah 61:8

I, the LORD, love justice! But I hate robbery and injustice. My people, I solemnly promise to reward you with an eternal agreement.

Matthew 23:24

You blind leaders! You strain out a small fly but swallow a camel.

Matthew 27:5

Judas threw the money into the temple and then went out and hanged himself.

Matthew 27:7

Then they had a meeting and decided to buy a field that belonged to someone who made clay pots. They wanted to use it as a graveyard for foreigners.

Mark 7:11

But you let people get by without helping their parents when they should. You let them say that what they own has been offered to God.

John 18:28

It was early in the morning when Jesus was taken from Caiaphas to the building where the Roman governor stayed. But the crowd waited outside. Any of them who had gone inside would have become unclean and would not be allowed to eat the Passover meal.

Deuteronomy 23:18

The LORD your God is disgusted with men and women who are prostitutes of any kind, and he will not accept a gift from them, even if it had been promised to him.