A Matter of Conscience (Matt. 27:1-10)
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They were exceedingly careful
In handling blood-money;
They picked it up gingerly,
And debated what,
In conscience,
Could be done
With the price of another man's life.
They provided
For the burial of the poor
With the rejected silver,
Then busily turned
To the murder
Of the man it had bought.
--Elton D. Higgs
(12/17/80)