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people took counsel against Jesus to put him to
          death: and when they had bound him, they led
          him away, and delivered him to Pontius Pilate.

          Then Judas, which had betrayed him, when he
          saw  he  was  condemned,  repented  and

          returned  the  thirty  pieces  of  silver  to
          the  chief  priests  and  elders,  saying,  I  have

          sinned  in  that  I  have  betrayed  the  innocent
          blood. And they said, What is that to us? See to
          it. And he cast the pieces of silver in the temple
          and left, and went and hanged himself.

          And the chief priests took the silver pieces, and
          said,  It  is  not  lawful  for  to  put  them  into  the
          treasury, because it is the price of blood. And

          they  took  counsel  and  bought  with  them  the
          potter's field to bury strangers in.

          5 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O
          daughter  of  Jerusalem:  behold,  your  King
          comes  unto  you:  he  is  just,  and  having
          salvation;  lowly,  and  riding  upon  a  donkey,
          with  a  colt  the  foal  of  a  donkey.  6  And  when

          they drew close to Jerusalem and were come to
          Bethphage, unto the mount of Olives, then sent
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