World English Bible
Matthew 27:8
“Therefore that field was called "The Field of Blood" to this day.”
Verse in context — Matthew 27
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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.
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They took counsel, and bought the potter's field with them, to bury strangers in.
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Therefore that field was called "The Field of Blood" to this day.
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Then that which was spoken through Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled, saying, "They took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him upon whom a price had been set, whom some of the children of Israel priced,
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and they gave them for the potter's field, as the Lord commanded me.
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