"I have sinned! I betrayed a man who never did any wrong!"
The chief priests shrugged their shoulders.
"That's nothing to us," they said. "Take your money and go!"
But Judas threw the money down on the floor and ran out. He took a rope, and found a tree, and hanged himself, for, after betraying Jesus, he could not bear to live.
Meanwhile Jesus was standing before Pilate. The council had told Pilate that Jesus was claiming to be the King of the Jews. They said that he was stirring up the whole country against Caesar. They thought that Pilate would put him to death for that, because the Romans would be afraid that Jesus would lead a revolt against the Roman government.
Pilate said to Jesus,
"Well, are you the King of the Jews?"
Jesus answered simply,
"You have said it."
Then the priests and rulers burst out with all kinds of evil stories about Jesus.