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Matthew 27:24
“So when Pilate saw that nothing was being gained, but rather that a disturbance was starting, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, "I am innocent of the blood of this righteous person. You see to it.”
Verse in context — Matthew 27
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Pilate said to them, "What then shall I do to Jesus, who is called Christ?" They all said to him, "Let him be crucified!
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But the governor said, "Why? What evil has he done?" But they cried out exceedingly, saying, "Let him be crucified!
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So when Pilate saw that nothing was being gained, but rather that a disturbance was starting, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, "I am innocent of the blood of this righteous person. You see to it.
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All the people answered, "May his blood be on us, and on our children!
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Then he released to them Barabbas, but Jesus he flogged and delivered to be crucified.
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