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New Living Translation (NLT)

Matthew 27
⁷ After some discussion they finally decided to buy the potter’s field, and they made it into a cemetery for foreigners.
⁸ That is why the field is still called the Field of Blood.
⁹ This fulfilled the prophecy of Jeremiah that says, “They took the thirty pieces of silver— the price at which he was valued by the people of Israel,
¹⁰ and purchased the potter’s field, as the LORD directed.”
¹¹ Now Jesus was standing before Pilate, the Roman governor. “Are you the king of the Jews?” the governor asked him. Jesus replied, “You have said it.”
¹² But when the leading priests and the elders made their accusations against him, Jesus remained silent.
¹³ “Don’t you hear all these charges they are bringing against you?” Pilate demanded.
¹⁴ But Jesus made no response to any of the charges, much to the governor’s surprise.
¹⁵ Now it was the governor’s custom each year during the Passover celebration to release one prisoner to the crowd—anyone they wanted.
¹⁶ This year there was a notorious prisoner, a man named Barabbas.
¹⁷ As the crowds gathered before Pilate’s house that morning, he asked them, “Which one do you want me to release to you—Barabbas, or Jesus who is called the Messiah?”