They were glad and agreed to give him silver.
He went away and discussed with the chief priests and temple police how he could hand Him over to them.
So he accepted the offer and started looking for a good opportunity to betray Him to them when the crowd was not present.
Now this man acquired a field with his unrighteous wages. He fell headfirst and burst open in the middle, and all his insides spilled out.
But Peter told him, “May your silver be destroyed with you, because you thought the gift of God could be obtained with money!
They have gone astray by abandoning the straight path and have followed the path of Balaam, the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness
They will exploit you in their greed with deceptive words. Their condemnation, pronounced long ago, is not idle, and their destruction does not sleep.
Woe to them! For they have traveled in the way of Cain, have abandoned themselves to the error of Balaam for profit, and have perished in Korah’s rebellion.
