Matthew 27:6
Modern Translations
New International Version
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."

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.”

English Standard Version
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.”

Berean Study Bible
The chief priests picked up the pieces of silver and said, “It is unlawful to put this into the treasury, since it is blood money.”

New American Standard Bible
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.”

NASB 1995
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."

NASB 1977
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.”

Amplified Bible
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.”

Christian Standard Bible
The chief priests took the silver and said, “It’s not permitted to put it into the temple treasury, since it is blood money.”

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The chief priests took the silver and said, "It's not lawful to put it into the temple treasury, since it is blood money."

Contemporary English Version
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."

Good News Translation
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."

GOD'S WORD® Translation
The chief priests took the money and said, "It's not right to put it into the temple treasury, because it's blood money."

International Standard Version
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."

NET Bible
The chief priests took the silver and said, "It is not lawful to put this into the temple treasury, since it is blood money."
Classic Translations
King James Bible
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.

New King James Version
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.”

King James 2000 Bible
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.

New Heart English Bible
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."

World English Bible
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."

American King James Version
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.

American Standard Version
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.

A Faithful Version
But 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."

Darby Bible Translation
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.

English Revised Version
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.

Webster's Bible Translation
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.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
And the chiefe Priestes tooke the siluer pieces, and sayde, It is not lawfull for vs to put them into the treasure, because it is the price of bloud.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
And the chiefe priestes toke the peeces of syluer, and sayde: It is not lawfull for to put the into the treasurie, because it is the price of blood.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
So the hye prestes toke the syluer pens, and sayde: It is not laufull to put them in to the Gods chest, for it is bloudmoney.

Tyndale Bible of 1526
And the chefe prestes toke the sylver plattes and sayd: it is not lawfull for to put them in to the treasury because it is the pryce of b loud.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
And the chief priests having taken the pieces of silver, said, “It is not lawful to put them into the treasury, seeing it is the price of blood”;

Berean Literal Bible
And the chief priests, having taken the pieces of silver, said, "It is not lawful to put them into the treasury, since it is the price of blood."

Young's Literal Translation
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;'

Smith's Literal Translation
And the chief priests, having taken the silver coins, said, It is not lawful to cast them for an offering, since it is the price of blood.

Literal Emphasis Translation
And the chief priests, having taken the pieces of silver said, It is not permitted to put them into the sacred treasury, since it is the price of blood.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
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.

Catholic Public Domain Version
But the leaders of the priests, having taken up the pieces of silver, said, “It is not lawful to put them into the temple offerings, because it is the price of blood.”

Translations from Aramaic
Aramaic Bible in Plain English
But the Chief Priests took the silver, and they said, “It is not legal to put it into the treasury, because it is the price of blood.”

Lamsa Bible
The high priests took the silver and said, It is not lawful to put it in the house of offerings, because it is the price of blood.

NT Translations
Anderson New Testament
And the chief priests took the money, and said: It is not lawful to put it into the sacred treasury, because it is the price of blood.

Godbey New Testament
And the chief priests, taking the pieces of silver, said, It is not lawful to put them in the treasury, because it is the price of blood.

Haweis New Testament
Then the chief priests taking up the silver pieces, said, It is not lawful to put them to the treasure destined for sacred uses, because it is the price of blood.

Mace New Testament
but 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.

Weymouth New Testament
When the High Priests had gathered up the money they said, "It is illegal to put it into the Treasury, because it is the price of blood."

Worrell New Testament
And the high priests, taking the pieces of silver, said, "It is not lawful to cast them into the treasury, since it is the price of blood."

Worsley New Testament
But the chief priests took up the pieces of silver, and said, It is not lawful to put them into the treasury of the temple, because it is the price of blood:
















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