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I will therefore chastise him and release him."
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(For of necessity he must release one unto them at the Feast.)
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And they all cried out at once, saying, "Away with this man, and release unto us Barabbas"
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(who had been cast into prison for a certain sedition made in the city, and for murder)
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Pilate therefore, desiring to release Jesus, spoke again to them.
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But they cried, saying, "Crucify him, crucify him!
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And he said unto them the third time, "Why? What evil hath he done? I have found no cause for death in him. I will therefore chastise him and let him go."
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But they were instant with loud voices, requiring that He might be crucified. And the voices of them and of the chief priests prevailed.
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And Pilate gave sentence that it should be as they required.
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And he released unto them the one who for sedition and murder had been cast into prison, whom they had desired; but he delivered Jesus to their will.
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And as they led Him away, they laid hold upon one Simon, a Cyrenian, coming out of the country, and on him they laid the cross, that he might bear it after Jesus.
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And there followed Him a great company of people, and of women who also bewailed and lamented Him.
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But Jesus, turning unto them, said, "Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for Me, but weep for yourselves and for your children.
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For behold, the days are coming in which they shall say, `Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bore and the breasts which never gave suck.'
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Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, `Fall on us!' and to the hills, `Cover us!'
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For if they do these things in a green tree, what shall be done in the dry?"
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And there were also two others, malefactors, led with Him to be put to death.
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And when they had come to the place which is called Calvary, there they crucified Him, and the malefactors, one on the right hand and the other on the left.
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Then Jesus said, "Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do." And they parted His raiment and cast lots.
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And the people stood beholding. And the rulers who were also with them derided Him, saying, "He saved others; let him save himself if he be Christ, the chosen of God."
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And the soldiers also mocked Him, coming to Him and offering Him vinega