Are not two little sparrows sold for a copper coin? And yet not one of them falls to the ground apart from your Father’s will.

Other seed fell on rocky ground, where they did not have much soil; and at once they sprang up because they had no depth of soil.

He directed the crowd to sit down on the ground,

But the one who had received the one went and dug a hole in the ground and hid his master’s money.

So I was afraid [to lose the talent], and I went and hid your talent in the ground. See, you have what is your own.’

And after going a little farther, He fell face down and prayed, saying, “My Father, if it is possible [that is, consistent with Your will], let this cup pass from Me; yet not as I will, but as You will.”

Therefore that piece of ground has been called the Field of Blood to this day.

So they took the money [they were paid for lying] and did as they were instructed; and this [fabricated] story was widely spread among the Jews, and is to the present day.