Matthew 27:6 — Compare Translations

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But the chief priests, picking up the pieces of silver, said, It is not legal to put these in the [consecrated] treasury, for it is the price of blood.

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

But the chief priests, picking up the pieces of silver, said, It is not legal to put these in the [consecrated] treasury, for it is the price of blood.

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

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.”

English CSB 2017 - 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.”

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

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 EASY 2024

The leaders of the priests picked up the coins. They said, ‘We used this money to catch and kill a man. So we cannot use this same money for the temple work.’

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

The leading priests picked up the silver coins in the Temple. They said, "Our law does not allow us to keep this money with the Temple money, because this money has paid for a man's death."

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."

English GNT (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.”

English God's Word - GW 1995

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

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

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

English KJV 1611

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.

English LSB

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.”

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

The chief priests took the pieces of silver and said, “It is not lawful to put them into the treasury, because this is the price of blood.”

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - 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."

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

The chief priests gathered up the money, but said, "It is not lawful to deposit this in the temple treasury, for it is the price of blood."

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

The chief priests took the silver and said, “It is not lawful to put this into the temple treasury, since it is blood money.”

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

The chief priests picked up the coins. They said, "It's against the law to put this money into the temple fund. It is blood money. It has paid for a man's death."

English NIV

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."

English NKJ 1982

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.”

English NLT

The leading priests picked up the money. "We can't put it in the Temple treasury," they said, "since it's against the law to accept money paid for murder."

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

But the chief priests, taking the pieces of silver, said, "It is not lawful to put them into the treasury, since they are blood money."

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

The chief priests, picking up the pieces of silver, said, “We can’t keep this, for it’s unlawful to put blood money into the temple treasury.”

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

But the chief priests, taking the pieces of silver, said, “It is not lawful to put them into the treasury, since they are blood money.”

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

The chief priests picked the money up. “We can't put it in the collection,“ they said, “since it's against our laws to accept money paid for murder.“

English Tyndale 1537

(And) The chief priests took the silver plates and said: It is not lawful for to put them into the treasury, because it is the price of blood.