^{3 Ref} Then Judas, who betrayed him, when he saw that Jesus was condemned, felt remorse, and brought back the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders,

^{4 Ref} saying, "I have sinned in that I betrayed innocent blood." But they said, "What is that to us? You see to it."

^{5 Ref} He threw down the pieces of silver in the sanctuary, and departed. He went away and hanged himself.

^{6 Ref} 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."

⁷ They took counsel, and bought the potter's field with them, to bury strangers in.

^{8 Ref} Therefore that field was called "The Field of Blood" to this day.