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Matthew 27:6
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KJ21
And the chief priests took the silver pieces and said, “It is not lawful to put them into the treasury, because it is the price of blood.”
ASV
And the chief priests took the pieces of silver, and said, It is not lawful to put them into the treasury, since it is the price of blood.
AMP
The chief priests, picking up the pieces of silver, said, “It is not lawful to put these in the treasury [of the temple], because it is the price of blood.”
AMPC
But the chief priests, picking up the pieces of silver, said, It is not legal to put these in the [consecrated] treasury, for it is the price of blood.
BRG
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.
CSB
The chief priests took the silver and said, “It’s not permitted to put it into the temple treasury, since it is blood money.”
CSBA
The chief priests took the silver and said, ‘It’s not permitted to put it into the temple treasury, since it is blood money.’
CEB
The chief priests picked up the silver pieces and said, “According to the Law it’s not right to put this money in the treasury. Since it was used to pay for someone’s life, it’s unclean.”
CJB
The head cohanim took the silver coins and said, “It is prohibited to put this into the Temple treasury, because it is blood money.”
CEV
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.”
DARBY
And the chief priests took the pieces of silver and said, It is not lawful to cast them into the Corban, since it is [the] price of blood.
DLNT
But the chief priests, having taken the silver-coins, said, “It is not lawful to put them into the temple-treasury, since it is the price of blood”.
DRA
But the chief priests having taken the pieces of silver, said: It is not lawful to put them into the corbona, because it is the price of blood.
ERV
The leading priests picked up the silver coins in the Temple. They said, “Our law does not allow us to keep this money with the Temple money, because this money has paid for a man’s death.”
EASY
The leaders of the priests picked up the coins. They said, ‘We used this money to catch and kill a man. So it is against our Law to use this same money for the temple.’
EHV
The chief priests took the pieces of silver and said, “It is not lawful to put these into the treasury, since it is blood money.”
ESV
But the chief priests, taking the pieces of silver, said, “It is not lawful to put them into the treasury, since it is blood money.”
ESVUK
But the chief priests, taking the pieces of silver, said, “It is not lawful to put them into the treasury, since it is blood money.”
EXB
The ·leading [T chief] priests picked up the silver coins in the Temple and said, “·Our law does not allow us [or It is not right] to ·keep [put] this money ·with the Temple money [in the Temple treasury], because it ·has paid for a man’s death [is blood money; L is the price of blood].”
GNV
And the chief Priests took the silver pieces, and said, It is not lawful for us to put them into the treasure, because it is the price of blood.
GW
The chief priests took the money and said, “It’s not right to put it into the temple treasury, because it’s blood money.”
GNT
The chief priests picked up the coins and said, “This is blood money, and it is against our Law to put it in the Temple treasury.”
HCSB
The chief priests took the silver and said, “It’s not lawful to put it into the temple treasury, since it is blood money.”
ICB
The leading priests picked up the silver coins in the Temple. They said, “Our law does not allow us to keep this money with the Temple money. This money has paid for a man’s death.”
ISV
The high priests picked up the pieces of silver and said, “It is not lawful to put this into the Temple treasury, because it is blood money.”
PHILLIPS
And Judas flung down the silver in the Temple and went outside and hanged himself. But the chief priests picked up the money and said, “It is not legal to put this into the Temple treasury. It is, after all, blood-money.” So, after a further consultation, they purchased with it the Potter’s Field to be a burial-ground for foreigners, which is why it is called “the Field of Blood” to this day. And so the words of Jeremiah the prophet came true: ‘And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the value of him who was priced, whom they of the children of Israel priced, and gave them for the potter’s field, as the Lord directed them’.
JUB
And the princes of the priests taking the silver pieces, said, It is not lawful to put them into the treasury because it is the price of blood.
KJV
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.
AKJV
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.
LSB
And the chief priests took the pieces of silver and said, “It is not lawful to put them into the temple treasury, since it is the price of blood.”
LEB
But the chief priests took the silver coins and said, “It is not permitted to put them into the temple treasury, because it is blood money.”
TLB
The chief priests picked the money up. “We can’t put it in the collection,” they said, “since it’s against our laws to accept money paid for murder.”
MSG
The high priests picked up the silver pieces, but then didn’t know what to do with them. “It wouldn’t be right to give this—a payment for murder!—as an offering in the Temple.” They decided to get rid of it by buying the “Potter’s Field” and use it as a burial place for the homeless. That’s how the field got called “Murder Meadow,” a name that has stuck to this day. Then Jeremiah’s words became history: They took the thirty silver pieces, The price of the one priced by some sons of Israel, And they purchased the potter’s field. And so they unwittingly followed the divine instructions to the letter.
MEV
The chief priests took the silver pieces and said, “It is not lawful to put them into the treasury, because this is the price of blood.”
MOUNCE
But the ruling priests, picking up the coins, said, “It is not lawful to put these into the treasury, since it is blood money.”
NOG
The chief priests took the money and said, “It’s not right to put it into the temple treasury, because it’s blood money.”
NABRE
The chief priests gathered up the money, but said, “It is not lawful to deposit this in the temple treasury, for it is the price of blood.”
NASB
The chief priests took the pieces of silver and said, “It is not lawful to put them in the temple treasury, since it is money paid for blood.”
NASB1995
The chief priests took the pieces of silver and said, “It is not lawful to put them into the temple treasury, since it is the price of blood.”
NCB
The chief priests retrieved the silver coins and said, “It is not lawful for us to deposit this into the temple treasury, for it is blood money.”
NCV
The leading priests picked up the silver coins in the Temple and said, “Our law does not allow us to keep this money with the Temple money, because it has paid for a man’s death.”
NET
The chief priests took the silver and said, “It is not lawful to put this into the temple treasury, since it is blood money.”
NIRV
The chief priests picked up the coins. They said, “It’s against the law to put this money into the temple fund. It is blood money. It has paid for a man’s death.”
NIV
The chief priests picked up the coins and said, “It is against the law to put this into the treasury, since it is blood money.”
NIVUK
The chief priests picked up the coins and said, ‘It is against the law to put this into the treasury, since it is blood money.’
NKJV
But the chief priests took the silver pieces and said, “It is not lawful to put them into the treasury, because they are the price of blood.”
NLV
The head religious leaders took the money. They said, “It is against the Law to put this money in the house of God. This money has bought blood.”
NLT
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.”
NMB
And the chief priests took the silver pieces and said, It is not lawful to put them into the treasury, because it is the price of blood.
NRSVA
But the chief priests, taking the pieces of silver, said, ‘It is not lawful to put them into the treasury, since they are blood money.’
NRSVACE
But the chief priests, taking the pieces of silver, said, ‘It is not lawful to put them into the treasury, since they are blood money.’
NRSVCE
But the chief priests, taking the pieces of silver, said, “It is not lawful to put them into the treasury, since they are blood money.”
NRSVUE
But the chief priests, taking the pieces of silver, said, “It is not lawful to put them into the treasury, since they are blood money.”
NTFE
“Well now,” said the chief priests, picking up the money. “According to the law, we can’t put it into the Temple treasury. It’s the price of someone’s blood.”
OJB
And the Rashei Hakohanim took the shiklei kesef and said, It is asur (forbidden) to put these into the Beis Hamikdash otzar (treasury), vi-bahlt (since) it is blood money.
RGT
And the chief priests took the silver, and said, “It is not lawful for us to put them into the treasury, because it is the price of blood.”
RSV
But the chief priests, taking the pieces of silver, said, “It is not lawful to put them into the treasury, since they are blood money.”
RSVCE
But the chief priests, taking the pieces of silver, said, “It is not lawful to put them into the treasury, since they are blood money.”
TLV
But the ruling kohanim took the silver pieces and said, “It is not permitted to put these in the treasury, since it is blood money.”
VOICE
The chief priests looked at the silver coins and picked them up. Chief Priests and Elders: You know, according to the law, we can’t put blood money in the temple treasury.
WEB
The chief priests took the pieces of silver and said, “It’s not lawful to put them into the treasury, since it is the price of blood.”
WE
The chief priests took the money. They said, `It is not right to put this money in the money box of the temple. It has been used to buy a man's death.'
WYC
And the princes of priests took the [pieces of] silver, and said, It is not leaveful to put it into the treasury [It is not leaveful to send them into the treasury], for it is the price of blood.
YLT
And the chief priests having taken the silverlings, said, `It is not lawful to put them to the treasury, seeing it is the price of blood;'
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