King James Version (KJV)
Matthew 27:24
“When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, but [that] rather a tumult was made, he took water, and washed [his] hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just person: see ye [to it].”
Verse in context — Matthew 27
22
Pilate saith unto them, What shall I do then with Jesus which is called Christ? [They] all say unto him, Let him be crucified.
23
And the governor said, Why, what evil hath he done? But they cried out the more, saying, Let him be crucified.
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When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, but [that] rather a tumult was made, he took water, and washed [his] hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just person: see ye [to it].
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Then answered all the people, and said, His blood [be] on us, and on our children.
26
Then released he Barabbas unto them: and when he had scourged Jesus, he delivered [him] to be crucified.
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