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ThereforePilate1enteredagain into the Praetorium, and summonedJesus and said to Him, "2Are You the King of the Jews?"
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Jesusanswered, "Are you sayingthis on your owninitiative, or did otherstell you about Me?"
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Pilateanswered, "I am not a Jew, am I? Your own nation and the chiefpriestsdelivered You to me; what have You done?"
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Jesusanswered, "3My kingdom is not of thisworld. If My kingdom were of thisworld, then My servants would be fightingso that I would not be handed over to the Jews; but as it is, My kingdom is not of thisrealm."
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ThereforePilatesaid to Him, "So You are a king?" Jesusanswered, "4You say correctly that I am a king. For this I have been born, and for this I have come into the world, 5to testify to the truth. 6Everyone who is of the truthhears My voice."
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Pilatesaid to Him, "What is truth?" And when he had saidthis, he 7went out again to the Jews and said to them, "8 I findnoguilt in Him.
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"9But you have a custom that I releasesomeone for you at the Passover; do you wishthen that I release for you the King of the Jews?"
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So they cried out again, saying, "10Not thisMan, but Barabbas." NowBarabbas was a robber.