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22 Pilate said to them, |Then what should I do with Jesus who is called the Christ?| They all said, |Crucify him!| 23 He asked, |Why? What wrong has he done?| But they shouted more insistently, |Crucify him!| 24 When Pilate saw that he could do nothing, but that instead a riot was starting, he took some water, washed his hands before the crowd and said, |I am innocent of this man's blood. You take care of it yourselves!| 25 In reply all the people said, |Let his blood be on us and on our children!| 26 Then he released Barabbas for them. But after he had Jesus flogged, he handed him over to be crucified. Matthew 27:22-26, New English Translation. Copyright © 1996-2017 by Biblical Studies Press.
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