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One of the servants of the high priest was there. This servant was a relative of the man whose ear Peter had cut off. The servant said, "Didn't I see you with him in the garden?"
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Again Peter said it wasn't true. At once a rooster crowed.
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Early in the morning they led Jesus from Caiaphas's house to the Roman governor's palace. They would not go inside the palace, because they did not want to make themselves unclean; they wanted to eat the Passover meal.
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So Pilate went outside to them and asked, "What charges do you bring against this man?"
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They answered, "If he were not a criminal, we wouldn't have brought him to you."
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Pilate said to them, "Take him yourselves and judge him by your own law." "But we are not allowed to put anyone to death," the Jews answered.
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(This happened so that what Jesus said about how he would die would come true.)
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Then Pilate went back inside the palace and called Jesus to him and asked, "Are you the king of the Jews?"
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Jesus said, "Is that your own question, or did others tell you about me?"
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Pilate answered, "I am not Jewish. It was your own people and their leading priests who handed you over to me. What have you done wrong?"
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Jesus answered, "My kingdom does not belong to this world. If it belonged to this world, my servants would fight so that I would not be given over to the Jews. But my kingdom is from another place."