Judas is Suffering Remorse

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Matthew 27:3-10 The Message

3-4 Judas, the one who betrayed him, realized that Jesus was doomed. Overcome with remorse, he gave back the thirty silver coins to the high priests, saying, “I’ve sinned. I’ve betrayed an innocent man.”
They said, “What do we care? That’s your problem!”
5 Judas threw the silver coins into the Temple and left. Then he went out and hung himself.
6-10 The high priests picked up the silver pieces, but then didn’t know what to do with them. “It wouldn’t be right to give this—a payment for murder!—as an offering in the Temple.” They decided to get rid of it by buying the “Potter’s Field” and use it as a burial place for the homeless. That’s how the field got called “Murder Meadow,” a name that has stuck to this day. Then Jeremiah’s words became history:
They took the thirty silver pieces,
The price of the one priced by some sons of Israel,
And they purchased the potter’s field.
And so they unwittingly followed the divine instructions to the letter.

For Reflection

Judas suffered for his sin.  He gave the money back to those who had tempted him.  Judas repented.

The priests, on the other hand, cared not for Judas.  Judas was merely a tool used to trap Jesus.

God's plan for the salvation of his people was near completion.

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Pray for those who suffer and are repentant. Pray also for those who ignore the will of God and sin without remorse.

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