Matthew 27:4

New Living Translation

“I have sinned,” he declared, “for I have betrayed an innocent man.” “What do we care?” they retorted. “That’s your problem.”

Cross References

1 Kings 21:27

But when Ahab heard this message, he tore his clothing, dressed in burlap, and fasted. He even slept in burlap and went about in deep mourning.

2 Kings 24:4

who had filled Jerusalem with innocent blood. The Lord would not forgive this.

Job 13:4

As for you, you smear me with lies. As physicians, you are worthless quacks.

Job 16:2

“I have heard all this before. What miserable comforters you are!

Psalm 94:21

They gang up against the righteous and condemn the innocent to death.

Exodus 12:31

Pharaoh sent for Moses and Aaron during the night. “Get out!” he ordered. “Leave my people—and take the rest of the Israelites with you! Go and worship the Lord as you have requested.

Exodus 9:27

Then Pharaoh quickly summoned Moses and Aaron. “This time I have sinned,” he confessed. “The Lord is the righteous one, and my people and I are wrong.

Proverbs 12:8

A sensible person wins admiration, but a warped mind is despised.

Jeremiah 26:15

But if you kill me, rest assured that you will be killing an innocent man! The responsibility for such a deed will lie on you, on this city, and on every person living in it. For it is absolutely true that the Lord sent me to speak every word you have heard.”

Jonah 1:14

Then they cried out to the Lord, Jonah’s God. “O Lord,” they pleaded, “don’t make us die for this man’s sin. And don’t hold us responsible for his death. O Lord, you have sent this storm upon him for your own good reasons.”

Matthew 27:19

Just then, as Pilate was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent him this message: “Leave that innocent man alone. I suffered through a terrible nightmare about him last night.”

Matthew 27:54

The Roman officer and the other soldiers at the crucifixion were terrified by the earthquake and all that had happened. They said, “This man truly was the Son of God!”

Luke 23:22

For the third time he demanded, “Why? What crime has he committed? I have found no reason to sentence him to death. So I will have him flogged, and then I will release him.”

Luke 23:41

We deserve to die for our crimes, but this man hasn’t done anything wrong.”

Luke 23:47

When the Roman officer overseeing the execution saw what had happened, he worshiped God and said, “Surely this man was innocent.”

John 19:7

The Jewish leaders replied, “By our law he ought to die because he called himself the Son of God.”

Acts 13:28

They found no legal reason to execute him, but they asked Pilate to have him killed anyway.

Romans 3:19

Obviously, the law applies to those to whom it was given, for its purpose is to keep people from having excuses, and to show that the entire world is guilty before God.

1 Timothy 4:2

These people are hypocrites and liars, and their consciences are dead.

Titus 1:16

Such people claim they know God, but they deny him by the way they live. They are detestable and disobedient, worthless for doing anything good.

Hebrews 7:26

He is the kind of high priest we need because he is holy and blameless, unstained by sin. He has been set apart from sinners and has been given the highest place of honor in heaven.

1 Peter 1:19

It was the precious blood of Christ, the sinless, spotless Lamb of God.

1 John 3:12

We must not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one and killed his brother. And why did he kill him? Because Cain had been doing what was evil, and his brother had been doing what was righteous.

Revelation 11:10

All the people who belong to this world will gloat over them and give presents to each other to celebrate the death of the two prophets who had tormented them.

1 Samuel 15:24

Then Saul admitted to Samuel, “Yes, I have sinned. I have disobeyed your instructions and the Lord’s command, for I was afraid of the people and did what they demanded.

1 Samuel 15:30

Then Saul pleaded again, “I know I have sinned. But please, at least honor me before the elders of my people and before Israel by coming back with me so that I may worship the Lord your God.”

1 Samuel 19:5

Have you forgotten about the time he risked his life to kill the Philistine giant and how the Lord brought a great victory to all Israel as a result? You were certainly happy about it then. Why should you murder an innocent man like David? There is no reason for it at all!”