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^(C1)Now when morning came, all the chief priests and the elders of the people conferred together against Jesus to put Him to death;

and they bound Him and led Him away, and ^(C1)handed Him over to ^(C2)Pilate the governor.

Then when ^(C1)Judas, who had betrayed Him, saw that He had been condemned, he felt remorse and returned ^(C2)the thirty ^(F1)pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders,

saying, "I have sinned by betraying innocent blood." But they said, "What is that to us? ^(C1)You shall see to it yourself!"

And he threw the pieces of silver into ^(C1)the temple sanctuary and left; and ^(C2)he went away and hanged himself.

The chief priests took the pieces of silver and said, "It is not lawful to put them in the temple treasury, since it is money paid for blood."

And they conferred together and ^(F1)with the money bought the Potter's Field as a burial place for strangers.

^(C1)For this reason that field has been called the Field of Blood to this day.

Then that which was spoken through Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled: "^(C1)AND ^(F1)THEY TOOK THE THIRTY PIECES OF SILVER, THE PRICE OF THE ONE WHOSE PRICE HAD BEEN SET by the sons of Israel;

^(C1)AND ^(F1)THEY GAVE THEM FOR THE POTTER'S FIELD, JUST AS THE LORD DIRECTED ME."

^(C1)Now Jesus stood before the governor, and the governor questioned Him, saying, "So You are the ^(C2)King of the Jews?" And Jesus said to him, "^(C3)It is as you say."

And while He was being accused by the chief priests and elders, ^(C1)He did not offer any answer.

Then Pilate ^(*)said to Him, "Do You not hear how many things they are testifying against You?"

And still ^(C1)He did not answer him in regard to even a single ^(F1)charge, so the governor was greatly amazed.

^(C1)Now at the Passover Feast the governor was accustomed to release for the ^(F1)people any one prisoner whom they wanted.

And at that time they were holding a notorious prisoner called Barabbas.

So when the people gathered together, Pilate said to them, "Whom do you want me to release for you: Barabbas, or Jesus ^(C1)who is called Christ?"

For he knew that it was because of envy that ^(F1)they had handed Him over.

And ^(C1)while he was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent him a message, saying, "See that you have nothing to do with that ^(C2)righteous Man; for ^(F1)last night I suffered greatly ^(C3)in a dream because of Him."

But the chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowds to ^(C1)ask for Barabbas, and to put Jesus to death.

And the governor ^(F1)said to them, "Which of the two do you want me to release for you?" And they said, "Barabbas."

Pilate ^(*)said to them, "Then what shall I do with Jesus ^(C1)who is called Christ?" They all ^(*)said, "^(F1)Crucify Him!"

But he said, "Why, what evil has He done?" Yet they kept shouting all the more, saying, "^(F1)Crucify Him!"

Now when Pilate saw that he was accomplishing nothing, but rather that ^(C1)a riot was starting, he took water and ^(C2)washed his hands in front of the crowd, saying, "I am innocent of ^(C3)this Man's blood; ^(C4)you yourselves shall see."

And all the people replied, "^(C1)His blood shall be on us and on our children!"

Then he released Barabbas ^(F1)for them; but after having Jesus ^(C1)flogged, he handed Him over to be crucified.

^(C1)Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into ^(C2)the ^(F1)Praetorium and gathered the whole Roman ^(F2)(C3)cohort to Him.

And they stripped Him and ^(C1)put a red ^(F1)cloak on Him.

^(C1)And after twisting together a crown of thorns, they put it on His head, and put a ^(F1)reed in His right hand; and they knelt down before Him and mocked Him, saying, "^(C2)Hail, King of the Jews!"

And ^(C1)they spit on Him, and took the reed and beat Him on the head.

^(C1)And after they had mocked Him, they took the cloak off Him and put His own garments back on Him, and led Him away to crucify Him.