Matthew 27:23-25

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²³ So Pilate said, ‘Why should I kill him? What bad things has he done?’

But the people shouted even louder, ‘Kill him on a cross!’

²⁴ Then Pilate knew that he could not do anything to make them quiet. He thought that the people would start to fight his soldiers. So he took a dish of water and he washed his hands in front of the people. He said, ‘It is not because of me that this man will die. You are the people who have caused it to happen.’

²⁵ All the people answered Pilate, ‘Yes, God should punish us and our children, if we have done the wrong thing.’