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Then Judas, which had betrayed him, when he saw that he was condemned, repented himself, and brought again the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders,(Matthew 27:3)
Saying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood. And they said, What is that to us? see thou to that.(Matthew 27:4)
And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged himself.(Matthew 27:5)
And the chief priests took the silver pieces, and said, It is not lawful for to put them into the treasury, because it is the price of blood.
And they took counsel, and bought with them the potter's field, to bury strangers in.(Matthew 27:7)
Wherefore that field was called, The field of blood, unto this day.(Matthew 27:8)
Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet, saying, And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him that was valued, whom they of the children of Israel did value;(Matthew 27:9)

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Matthew 27:6 - Cross Reference

Thou shalt not bring the hire of a whore, or the price of a dog, into the house of the LORD thy God for any vow: for even both these are abomination unto the LORD thy God. (Deuteronomy 23:18)
For I the LORD love judgment, I hate robbery for burnt offering; and I will direct their work in truth, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them. (Isaiah 61:8)
And the scribes and Pharisees watched him, whether he would heal on the sabbath day; that they might find an accusation against him. (Luke 6:7)
Then led they Jesus from Caiaphas unto the hall of judgment: and it was early; and they themselves went not into the judgment hall, lest they should be defiled; but that they might eat the passover. (John 18:28)
Ye blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel. (Matthew 23:24)