Matthew 27:19-21

New International Reader's Version

¹⁹ While Pilate was sitting on the judge’s seat, his wife sent him a message. It said, “Don’t have anything to do with that man. He is not guilty. I have suffered a great deal in a dream today because of him.”

²⁰ But the chief priests and the elders talked the crowd into asking for Barabbas and having Jesus put to death.

²¹ “Which of the two do you want me to set free?” asked the governor.

“Barabbas,” they answered.