It's a sad but true story from the Bible it came   And it tells us how Judas sold the Savior in shame   He planed with the counsel of high priest that day   Thirty pieces of silver was the price they would pay      Thirty pieces of silver, thirty shekels of shame   Was the price paid for Jesus, on the cross He was slain   Betrayed and forsaken unloved and unclaimed   In anger they pierced Him but He died not in vain      'Twas there on the hillside the multitude came   And found our dear Savior then took Him away   They smote Him and they mocked Him   Torn the crown 'round His head      And His raiment of purple showed the blood stains of red   Far off in the mountain with face toward the sun   Judas begged for mercy for what he had done   He gave back the silver for his heart filled with strife   And there in the mountain, he took his own life      Thirty pieces of silver, thirty shekels of shame   Was the price paid for Jesus, on the cross He was slain