The chief priests picked up the coins and said, "It is against the law to put this into the treasury, since it is blood money."
NIV
But the chief priests, picking up the pieces of silver, said, It is not legal to put these in the [consecrated] treasury, for it is the price of blood.
AMP
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.
KJV