“So they took the money and did as they were told. This saying was spread abroad among the Jews, and continues until today.”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. Matthew 28 contains 20 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.