KJV King James Version
And said [unto them], What will ye give me, and I will deliver him unto you? And they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Matthew 26:15
And said [unto them], What will ye give me, and I will deliver him unto you? And they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
and asked, “What are you willing to give me if I hand Him over to you?” And they set out for him thirty pieces of silver.
WEB World English Bible
and said, “What are you willing to give me, that I should deliver him to you?” They weighed out for him thirty pieces of silver.
ASV American Standard Version
and said, What are ye willing to give me, and I will deliver him unto you? And they weighed unto him thirty pieces of silver.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
‘What are ye willing to give me, and I will deliver him up to you?’ and they weighed out to him thirty silverlings,
Surrounding context — Matthew 26
12 For in that she hath poured this ointment on my body, she did [it] for my burial.
13 Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached in the whole world, [there] shall also this, that this woman hath done, be told for a memorial of her.
14 Then one of the twelve, called Judas Iscariot, went unto the chief priests,
15 And said [unto them], What will ye give me, and I will deliver him unto you? And they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver.
16 And from that time he sought opportunity to betray him.
17 Now the first [day] of the [feast of] unleavened bread the disciples came to Jesus, saying unto him, Where wilt thou that we prepare for thee to eat the passover?
18 And he said, Go into the city to such a man, and say unto him, The Master saith, My time is at hand; I will keep the passover at thy house with my disciples.
Topics connected to this verse
Original-language word links
These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
εἶπεν·G2036 · eiponto sayτίG5101 · tiswhich?θέλετέG2309 · thelōto will/desireμοιG3165 · memeδοῦναι,G1325 · didōmito giveκἀγὼG1473 · egōI/weὑμῖνG4771 · suyouπαραδώσωG3860 · paradidōmito deliverαὐτόν;¶G846 · autosit/s/heΟἱG3588 · hothe/this/whoδὲG1161 · dethenἔστησανG2476 · histēmito standαὐτῷG846 · autosit/s/heτριάκονταG5144 · triakontathirtyἀργύρια.G694 · argurionmoney
Cross-references
Zechariah 11:12-13And I said unto them, If ye think good, give [me] my price; and if not, forbear. So they weighed for my price thirty [pieces] of silver.Genesis 37:26-28And Judah said unto his brethren, What profit [is it] if we slay our brother, and conceal his blood?Exodus 21:32If the ox shall push a manservant or a maidservant; he shall give unto their master thirty shekels of silver, and the ox shall be stoned.1 Timothy 6:9-10But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and [into] many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.2 Peter 2:3And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not.Genesis 38:16And he turned unto her by the way, and said, Go to, I pray thee, let me come in unto thee; (for he knew not that she [was] his daughter in law.) And she said, What wilt thou give me, that thou mayest come in unto me?1 Timothy 3:3Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;2 Peter 2:14-15Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls: an heart they have exercised with covetous practices; cursed children:Judges 17:10And Micah said unto him, Dwell with me, and be unto me a father and a priest, and I will give thee ten [shekels] of silver by the year, and a suit of apparel, and thy victuals. So the Levite went in.Matthew 27:3-5Then Judas, which had betrayed him, when he saw that he was condemned, repented himself, and brought again the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders,Judges 16:5And the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and said unto her, Entice him, and see wherein his great strength [lieth], and by what [means] we may prevail against him, that we may bind him to afflict him: and we will give thee every one of us eleven hundred [pieces] of silver.Acts 1:18Now this man purchased a field with the reward of iniquity; and falling headlong, he burst asunder in the midst, and all his bowels gushed out.Judges 18:19-20And they said unto him, Hold thy peace, lay thine hand upon thy mouth, and go with us, and be to us a father and a priest: [is it] better for thee to be a priest unto the house of one man, or that thou be a priest unto a tribe and a family in Israel?Isaiah 56:11Yea, [they are] greedy dogs [which] can never have enough, and they [are] shepherds [that] cannot understand: they all look to their own way, every one for his gain, from his quarter.
HISTORICAL INTERPRETATION
Compare classic commentaries on Matthew 26:15
Put Matthew Henry, Adam Clarke, Calvin, Wesley, Barnes, Jamieson–Fausset–Brown, Aquinas’ Catena and other public-domain sources beside the passage.
Compare commentaries →