Jeremiah

3Then 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,

Judas was the one who had handed Jesus over. When he saw that Jesus was condemned, he was very sorry. He brought the thirty silver coins back to the chief priests and leaders.

4Saying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood. And they said, What is that to us? see thou to that.

Judas said, "I did wrong. I handed over a man who did nothing wrong." They said, "That is not our problem. It is yours."

5And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged himself.

So Judas threw the silver coins down in the temple and left. Then he went away and hanged himself.

6And 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.

The chief priests picked up the coins. They said, "Our law says we cannot put this in the temple money box. It paid for a man's death."

7And they took counsel, and bought with them the potter’s field, to bury strangers in.

They talked it over. They used the money to buy the potter's field. It would be a burial place for strangers.

8Wherefore that field was called, The field of blood, unto this day.

That is why the field is still called the Field of Blood.

9Then 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;

This made true the words of Jeremiah, a prophet who told people what God said. He wrote: "They took the thirty silver coins. That was the price the people of Israel set on him.

10And gave them for the potter’s field, as the Lord appointed me.

They used the coins to buy the potter's field, just as the Lord told me."