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The high priest therefore asked Jesus of his disciples, and of his teaching.
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Jesus answered him, "I spoke openly to the world. I always taught in synagogues, and in the temple, where the Jews always meet. I said nothing in secret.
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Why do you ask me? Ask those who have heard me what I said to them. Behold, these know the things which I said."
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When he had said this, one of the officers standing by slapped Jesus with his hand, saying, "Do you answer the high priest like that?"
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Jesus answered him, "If I have spoken evil, testify of the evil; but if well, why do you beat me?"
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Annas sent him bound to Caiaphas, the high priest.
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Now Simon Peter was standing and warming himself. They said therefore to him, "Are you also one of his disciples?" He denied it, and said, "I am not."
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One of the servants of the high priest, being a relative of him whose ear Peter cut off, said, "Didn't I see you in the garden with him?"
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Peter therefore denied again, and immediately the rooster crowed.
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They led Jesus therefore from Caiaphas into the Praetorium. It was early, and they themselves didn't enter into the Praetorium, that they might not be defiled, but might eat the Passover.
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Pilate therefore went out to them, and said, "What accusation do you bring against this man?"