New Revised Standard Version
After the priests had assembled with the elders, they devised a plan to give a large sum of money to the soldiers,

Contemporary English Version
So the chief priests met with the leaders and decided to bribe the soldiers with a lot of money.

New American Bible
They assembled with the elders and took counsel; then they gave a large sum of money to the soldiers,

Douay-Rheims Bible
And they being assembled together with the ancients, taking counsel, gave a great sum of money to the soldiers,

And they being assembled together with the ancients, taking counsel, gave a great sum of money to the soldiers,

Matthew 26:3,4 Then were gathered together the chief priests and ancients of the people, into the court of the high priest, who was called Caiphas: . . .

Matthew 27:1,2,62-64 And when morning was come, all the chief priests and ancients of the people took counsel against Jesus, that they might put him to death. . . .

Psalm 2:1-7 Why have the Gentiles raged, and the people devised vain things? . . .

John 11:47 The chief priests, therefore, and the Pharisees gathered a council and said: What do we, for this man doth many miracles?

John 12:10,11 But the chief priests thought to kill Lazarus also: . . .

Acts 4:5-22 And it came to pass on the morrow, that their princes and ancients and scribes were gathered together in Jerusalem. . . .

Acts 5:33,34,40 When they had heard these things, they were cut to the heart: and they thought to put them to death. . . .