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33 Pilate went back into the palace and called for Jesus. He said, "Are you the 'King of the Jews'?"
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Pilate then went back inside the palace, summoned Jesus and asked him, “Are you the king of the Jews?”
34 Jesus answered, "Are you saying this on your own, or did others tell you this about me?"
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“Is that your own idea,” Jesus asked, “or did others talk to you about me?”
35 Pilate said, "Do I look like a Jew? Your people and your high priests turned you over to me. What did you do?"
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“Am I a Jew?” Pilate replied. “Your own people and chief priests handed you over to me. What is it you have done?”
36 "My kingdom," said Jesus, "doesn't consist of what you see around you. If it did, my followers would fight so that I wouldn't be handed over to the Jews. But I'm not that kind of king, not the world's kind of king."
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Jesus said, “My kingdom is not of this world. If it were, my servants would fight to prevent my arrest by the Jewish leaders. But now my kingdom is from another place.”
37 Then Pilate said, "So, are you a king or not?" Jesus answered, "You tell me. Because I am King, I was born and entered the world so that I could witness to the truth. Everyone who cares for truth, who has any feeling for the truth, recognizes my voice."
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“You are a king, then!” said Pilate. Jesus answered, “You say that I am a king. In fact, the reason I was born and came into the world is to testify to the truth. Everyone on the side of truth listens to me.”
38 Pilate said, "What is truth?" Then he went back out to the Jews and told them, "I find nothing wrong in this man."
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“What is truth?” retorted Pilate. With this he went out again to the Jews gathered there and said, “I find no basis for a charge against him.
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