Matthew 27:5
World English Bible
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2 and they bound him, and led him away, and delivered him up to Pontius Pilate, the governor.
3 Then Judas, who betrayed him, when he saw that he was condemned, repented himself, and brought back the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders,
4 saying, "I have sinned in that I betrayed innocent blood." But they said, "What is that to us? You see to it."
5 He threw down the pieces of silver in the sanctuary, and departed. He went away and hanged himself.
6 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."
7 They took counsel, and bought with them the potter`s field, to bury strangers in.
8 Therefore that field was called "The Field of Blood" to this day.