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36 Jesus replied, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom had been of this world, then would my servants have struggled hard, that I should not have been delivered up to the Jews: but now my kingdom is not from hence. 37 Then said Pilate unto him. Art thou not a king then? Jesus answered, Thou sayest that I am a king. For this end I was born, and for this I came into the world, that I should be a witness for the truth. Every one who is of the truth heareth my voice. 38 Pilate saith unto him, What is truth? And having thus spoken, he went out again unto the Jews and saith to them, I find no fault in him. 39 But ye have a custom, that I should release to you one person at the passover: will ye therefore that I release unto you the King of the Jews? 40 Then again they all clamoured, saying, Not this man, but Barabbas. Now Barabbas was a robber. John 18:36-40, Haweis New Testament. Public domain.
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