The governor answered and said to them, Which of the two do you desire that I release to you? They said, Barabbas.
You have taken my friends away from me; You have made me a hateful thing to them. I am shut up, and I cannot go out.
Therefore when they were gathered together, Pilate said to them, Whom do you desire that I release to you? Barabbas, or Jesus who is called Christ?
But the chief priests and elders persuaded the crowd that they should ask for Barabbas and 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 vinedressers saw him, they reasoned among themselves, saying, This is the heir! Come, let us kill him so that the inheritance may be ours.
And when he had called together the chief priests and the rulers and the people,