The Bible in Basic English BBE
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1 And they all went and took him before Pilate.
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Then the whole assembly rose and led him off to Pilate.
2 And they made statements against him, saying, This man has to our knowledge been teaching our nation to do wrong, and not to make payment of taxes to Caesar, even saying that he himself is Christ, a king.
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And they began to accuse him, saying, “We have found this man subverting our nation. He opposes payment of taxes to Caesar and claims to be Messiah, a king.”
3 And Pilate said to him, Are you the King of the Jews? And he said in answer, You say so.
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So Pilate asked Jesus, “Are you the king of the Jews?” “You have said so,” Jesus replied.
4 And Pilate said to the chief priests and the people, In my opinion this man has done no wrong
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Then Pilate announced to the chief priests and the crowd, “I find no basis for a charge against this man.”
5 But they became more violent than before, saying, He has made trouble among the people, teaching through all Judaea from Galilee to this place.
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But they insisted, “He stirs up the people all over Judea by his teaching. He started in Galilee and has come all the way here.”
6 But at these words Pilate said, Is the man a Galilaean?
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On hearing this, Pilate asked if the man was a Galilean.
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