¹⁵ So the guards accepted the bribe and said what they were told to say. Their story spread widely among the Jews, and they still tell it today.

¹⁰ For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. And some people, craving money, have wandered from the true faith and pierced themselves with many sorrows.

⁸ That is why the field is still called the Field of Blood.

¹⁵ and asked, “How much will you pay me to betray Jesus to you?” And they gave him thirty pieces of silver.