Matthew 27:6

New Living Translation

The leading priests picked up the coins. “It wouldn’t be right to put this money in the Temple treasury,” they said, “since it was payment for murder.”

Cross References

Isaiah 61:8

“For I, the Lord, love justice. I hate robbery and wrongdoing. I will faithfully reward my people for their suffering and make an everlasting covenant with them.

Matthew 23:24

Blind guides! You strain your water so you won’t accidentally swallow a gnat, but you swallow a camel!

Matthew 27:5

Then Judas threw the silver coins down in the Temple and went out and hanged himself.

Matthew 27:7

After some discussion they finally decided to buy the potter’s field, and they made it into a cemetery for foreigners.

Mark 7:11

But you say it is all right for people to say to their parents, ‘Sorry, I can’t help you. For I have vowed to give to God what I would have given to you.’

John 18:28

Jesus’ trial before Caiaphas ended in the early hours of the morning. Then he was taken to the headquarters of the Roman governor. His accusers didn’t go inside because it would defile them, and they wouldn’t be allowed to celebrate the Passover.

Deuteronomy 23:18

When you are bringing an offering to fulfill a vow, you must not bring to the house of the Lord your God any offering from the earnings of a prostitute, whether a man or a woman, for both are detestable to the Lord your God.