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Source language
Original Greek   
οἱ δὲ ἀρχιερεῖς λαβόντες τὰ ἀργύρια εἶπαν· Οὐκ ἔξεστιν βαλεῖν αὐτὰ εἰς τὸν κορβανᾶν, ἐπεὶ τιμὴ αἵματός ἐστιν·
Greek - Transliteration via code library   
oi de arkhiereis labontes ta arguria eipan* Ouk exestin balein auta eis ton korbanan, epei time aimatos estin*

Intermediate language
Vulgate (Latin)   
principes autem sacerdotum acceptis argenteis dixerunt non licet mittere eos in corbanan quia pretium sanguinis est

King James Variants
American King James Version   
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.
King James 2000 (out of print)   
And the chief priests took the silver pieces, and said, It is not lawful to put them into the treasury, because it is the price of blood.
King James Bible (Cambridge, large print)   
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.
Authorized (King James) Version   
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.
New King James Version   
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.”
21st Century King James Version   
And the chief priests took the silver pieces and said, “It is not lawful to put them into the treasury, because it is the price of blood.”

Other translations
American Standard Version   
And the chief priests took the pieces of silver, and said, It is not lawful to put them into the treasury, since it is the price of blood.
Aramaic Bible in Plain English   
But the Chief Priests took the silver, and they said, “It is not legal to put it into the treasury, because it is the price of blood.”
Darby Bible Translation   
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.
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)   
But the chief priests having taken the pieces of silver, said: It is not lawful to put them into the corbona, because it is the price of blood.
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance   
And the chief priests took the pieces of silver, and said, It is not lawful to put them into the treasury, since it is the price of blood.
English Standard Version Journaling Bible   
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.”
God's Word   
The chief priests took the money and said, "It's not right to put it into the temple treasury, because it's blood money."
Holman Christian Standard Bible   
The chief priests took the silver and said, "It's not lawful to put it into the temple treasury, since it is blood money."
International Standard Version   
The high priests picked up the pieces of silver and said, "It is not lawful to put this into the Temple treasury, because it is blood money."
NET Bible   
The chief priests took the silver and said, "It is not lawful to put this into the temple treasury, since it is blood money."
New American Standard Bible   
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."
New International Version   
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."
New Living Translation   
The leading priests picked up the coins. "It wouldn't be right to put this money in the Temple treasury," they said, "since it was payment for murder."
Webster's Bible Translation   
And the chief priests took the silver pieces, and said, It is not lawful to put them into the treasury, because it is the price of blood.
Weymouth New Testament   
When the High Priests had gathered up the money they said, "It is illegal to put it into the Treasury, because it is the price of blood."
The World English Bible   
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."
EasyEnglish Bible   
The leaders of the priests picked up the coins. They said, ‘We used this money to catch and kill a man. So it is against our Law to use this same money for the temple.’
Young‘s Literal Translation   
And the chief priests having taken the silverlings, said, `It is not lawful to put them to the treasury, seeing it is the price of blood;'
New Life Version   
The head religious leaders took the money. They said, “It is against the Law to put this money in the house of God. This money has bought blood.”
Revised Geneva Translation   
And the chief priests took the silver, and said, “It is not lawful for us to put them into the treasury, because it is the price of blood.”
The Voice Bible   
The chief priests looked at the silver coins and picked them up. Chief Priests and Elders: You know, according to the law, we can’t put blood money in the temple treasury.
Living Bible   
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.”
New Catholic Bible   
The chief priests retrieved the silver coins and said, “It is not lawful for us to deposit this into the temple treasury, for it is blood money.”
Legacy Standard Bible   
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.”
Jubilee Bible 2000   
And the princes of the priests taking the silver pieces, said, It is not lawful to put them into the treasury because it is the price of blood.
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.”
Amplified Bible © 1954   
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.
New Century Version   
The leading priests picked up the silver coins in the Temple and said, “Our law does not allow us to keep this money with the Temple money, because it has paid for a man’s death.”
The Message   
The high priests picked up the silver pieces, but then didn’t know what to do with them. “It wouldn’t be right to give this—a payment for murder!—as an offering in the Temple.” They decided to get rid of it by buying the “Potter’s Field” and use it as a burial place for the homeless. That’s how the field got called “Murder Meadow,” a name that has stuck to this day. Then Jeremiah’s words became history: They took the thirty silver pieces, The price of the one priced by some sons of Israel, And they purchased the potter’s field. And so they unwittingly followed the divine instructions to the letter.
Evangelical Heritage Version ™   
The chief priests took the pieces of silver and said, “It is not lawful to put these into the treasury, since it is blood money.”
Mounce Reverse Interlinear New Testament   
But the ruling priests, picking up the coins, said, “It is not lawful to put these into the treasury, since it is blood money.”
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
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.”
New Matthew Bible   
And the chief priests took the silver pieces and said, It is not lawful to put them into the treasury, because it is the price of blood.
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.”
Wycliffe Bible   
And the princes of priests took the [pieces of] silver, and said, It is not leaveful to put it into the treasury [It is not leaveful to send them into the treasury], for it is the price of blood.
New Testament for Everyone   
“Well now,” said the chief priests, picking up the money. “According to the law, we can’t put it into the Temple treasury. It’s the price of someone’s blood.”
Contemporary English Version   
The chief priests picked up the money and said, “This money was paid to have a man killed. We can't put it in the temple treasury.”
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
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.”
J.B. Phillips New Testament   
And Judas flung down the silver in the Temple and went outside and hanged himself. But the chief priests picked up the money and said, “It is not legal to put this into the Temple treasury. It is, after all, blood-money.” So, after a further consultation, they purchased with it the Potter’s Field to be a burial-ground for foreigners, which is why it is called “the Field of Blood” to this day. And so the words of Jeremiah the prophet came true: ‘And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the value of him who was priced, whom they of the children of Israel priced, and gave them for the potter’s field, as the Lord directed them’.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
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.”
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
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.’
Common English Bible © 2011   
The chief priests picked up the silver pieces and said, “According to the Law it’s not right to put this money in the treasury. Since it was used to pay for someone’s life, it’s unclean.”
Amplified Bible © 2015   
The chief priests, picking up the pieces of silver, said, “It is not lawful to put these in the treasury [of the temple], because it is the price of blood.”
English Standard Version Anglicised   
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.”
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
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.”
New American Standard Bible   
The chief priests took the pieces of silver and said, “It is not lawful to put them in the temple treasury, since it is money paid for blood.”
The Expanded Bible   
The ·leading [T chief] priests picked up the silver coins in the Temple and said, “·Our law does not allow us [or It is not right] to ·keep [put] this money ·with the Temple money [in the Temple treasury], because it ·has paid for a man’s death [is blood money; L is the price of blood].”
Tree of Life Version   
But the ruling kohanim took the silver pieces and said, “It is not permitted to put these in the treasury, since it is blood money.”
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.”
New International Reader's Version   
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.”
BRG Bible   
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.
Complete Jewish Bible   
The head cohanim took the silver coins and said, “It is prohibited to put this into the Temple treasury, because it is blood money.”
Worldwide English (New Testament)   
The chief priests took the money. They said, `It is not right to put this money in the money box of the temple. It has been used to buy a man's death.'
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
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.’
Orthodox Jewish Bible   
And the Rashei Hakohanim took the shiklei kesef and said, It is asur (forbidden) to put these into the Beis Hamikdash otzar (treasury), vi-bahlt (since) it is blood money.
Names of God Bible   
The chief priests took the money and said, “It’s not right to put it into the temple treasury, because it’s blood money.”
Modern English Version   
The chief priests took the silver pieces and said, “It is not lawful to put them into the treasury, because this is the price of blood.”
Easy-to-Read Version   
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.”
International Children’s Bible   
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. This money has paid for a man’s death.”
Lexham English Bible   
But the chief priests took the silver coins and said, “It is not permitted to put them into the temple treasury, because it is blood money.”
New International Version - UK   
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.’
Disciples Literal New Testament   
But the chief priests, having taken the silver-coins, said, “It is not lawful to put them into the temple-treasury, since it is the price of blood”.