Matthew 27:21

English Majority Text Version

The governor answered and said to them, "Which of the two do you wish me to release to you?" They said, "Barabbas!"

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Therefore when they had assembled, Pilate said to them, "Whom do you wish that I should release to you, Barabbas, or Jesus who is called Christ?"

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

Pilate said to them, "What then shall I do with Jesus who is called Christ?" They all said to him, "Let Him be crucified!"

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

And Pilate, having called together the chief priests, the rulers, and the people,