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Matthew 26:15

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
- 15 and said: “What will you give me to betray him to you?”+ They stipulated to him 30 silver pieces.+

Matthew 26:15

The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures
- 15 εἶπεν he said Τί What θέλετέ are YOU willing μοι to me δοῦναι to give κἀγὼ and I ὑμῖν to YOU παραδώσω will give over αὐτόν; him? οἱ The (ones) δὲ but ἔστησαν stipulated αὐτῷ to him τριάκοντα thirty ἀργύρια. silver [pieces].

Matthew 26:15

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
- 15 and said: “What will YOU give me to betray him to YOU?”+ They stipulated to him thirty silver pieces.+

Matthew 26:15

The Bible in Living English
- 15 and said “What will you give me to put him into your hands?” and they weighed to him thirty pieces of silver,

Matthew 26:15

American Standard Version
- 15 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.

Matthew 26:15

The Emphasized Bible
- 15 and said—What are ye willing to give unto me? And I unto you will deliver him up. And they appointed him thirty pieces of silver.

Matthew 26:15

King James Version
- 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.

Matthew Study Notes—Chapter 26

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
- 26:15
  
  30 silver pieces: Matthew is the only Gospel writer to mention the amount for which Jesus was betrayed. These were possibly 30 silver shekels minted in Tyre. This sum appears to show the chief priests’ contempt for Jesus, since under the Law, it was the price of a slave. (Ex 21:32) Likewise, when Zechariah asked for his wages from unfaithful Israelites for his prophetic work among God’s people, they weighed out to him “30 pieces of silver,” suggesting that they considered him to be worth no more than a slave.—Zec 11:12, 13.