Lexham English Bible

Matthew 27:1-4 Lexham English Bible (LEB)

1. Now when it was early morning, all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus in order to put him to death.

2. And after tying him up, they led him away and handed him over to Pilate the governor.

3. Then when Judas, the one who had betrayed him, saw that he had been condemned, he regretted what he had done and returned the thirty silver coins to the chief priests and elders,

4. saying, “I have sinned by betraying innocent blood!” But they said, “What is that to us? You see to it!”