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Matthew 27:21

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

The governor again said to them, “Which of the two do you want me to release for you?” And they said, “Barabbas.”

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You have caused my companions to shun me; you have made me a thing of horror to them. I am shut in so that I cannot escape;

So after they had gathered, Pilate said to them, “Whom do you want me to release for you, Jesus Barabbas or Jesus who is called the Messiah?”

Now the chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowds to ask for Barabbas and to have Jesus killed.

Pilate said to them, “Then what should I do with Jesus who is called the Messiah?” All of them said, “Let him be crucified!”

But when the tenants saw him, they discussed it among themselves and said, ‘This is the heir; let us kill him so that the inheritance may be ours.’

Pilate then called together the chief priests, the leaders, and the people