1. When it was early in the morning, all the chief priests and the elders of the people plotted against Jesus to execute him.
2. They tied him up, led him away, and handed him over to Pilate the governor.
3. Now when Judas, who had betrayed him, saw that Jesus had been condemned, he regretted what he had done and returned the thirty silver coins to the chief priests and the elders,
4. saying, “I have sinned by betraying innocent blood!” But they said, “What is that to us? You take care of it yourself!”