Matthew 27:21

American King James Version (1999)

The governor answered and said to them, Whether of the two will you that I release to you? They said, Barabbas.

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But the chief priests and elders persuaded the multitude that they should ask Barabbas, and destroy Jesus.

Pilate said to them, What shall I do then with Jesus which is called Christ? They all say to him, Let him be crucified.

You have put away my acquaintance far from me; you have made me an abomination to them: I am shut up, and I cannot come forth.

Therefore when they were gathered together, Pilate said to them, Whom will you that I release to you? Barabbas, or Jesus which is called Christ?

But when the farmers saw him, they reasoned among themselves, saying, This is the heir: come, let us kill him, that the inheritance may be ours.

And Pilate, when he had called together the chief priests and the rulers and the people,