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Matthew 27:23-25
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Matthew 27:23-25
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
23 Then he asked, “Why, what evil has he done?” But they shouted all the more, “Let him be crucified!”
Pilate Hands Jesus Over to Be Crucified
24 So when Pilate saw that he could do nothing but rather that a riot was beginning, he took some water and washed his hands before the crowd, saying, “I am innocent of this man’s blood;[a] see to it yourselves.”(A) 25 Then the people as a whole answered, “His blood be on us and on our children!”(B)
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- 27.24 Other ancient authorities read this righteous blood or this righteous man’s blood
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