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  "id": "matthew-27-11",
  "source": "Matthew",
  "pericope": "Jesus or Barabbas?",
  "chapter": 27,
  "verse_start": 11,
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      "v": 11,
      "text": "Now Jesus stood before the governor; and the governor asked him, saying, “Are you the King of the Jews?”"
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      "v": 11,
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      "v": 11,
      "text": "Jesus said to him,"
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      "v": 11,
      "text": "“So you say.”",
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    {
      "v": 12,
      "break": "p"
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    {
      "v": 12,
      "text": "When he was accused by the chief priests and elders, he answered nothing."
    },
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      "v": 13,
      "text": "Then Pilate said to him, “Don’t you hear how many things they testify against you?”"
    },
    {
      "v": 14,
      "break": "p"
    },
    {
      "v": 14,
      "text": "He gave him no answer, not even one word, so that the governor marveled greatly."
    },
    {
      "v": 15,
      "break": "p"
    },
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      "v": 15,
      "text": "Now at the feast the governor was accustomed to release to the multitude one prisoner whom they desired."
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      "v": 16,
      "text": "They had then a notable prisoner called Barabbas."
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      "v": 17,
      "text": "When therefore they were gathered together, Pilate said to them, “Whom do you want me to release to you? Barabbas, or Jesus who is called Christ?”"
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    {
      "v": 18,
      "text": "For he knew that because of envy they had delivered him up."
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    {
      "v": 19,
      "break": "p"
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    {
      "v": 19,
      "text": "While he was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent to him, saying, “Have nothing to do with that righteous man, for I have suffered many things today in a dream because of him.”"
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    {
      "v": 20,
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      "v": 20,
      "text": "Now the chief priests and the elders persuaded the multitudes to ask for Barabbas and destroy Jesus."
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      "v": 21,
      "text": "But the governor answered them, “Which of the two do you want me to release to you?”"
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      "v": 21,
      "break": "p"
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      "v": 21,
      "text": "They said, “Barabbas!”"
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      "v": 22,
      "break": "p"
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      "v": 22,
      "text": "Pilate said to them, “What then shall I do to Jesus who is called Christ?”"
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      "v": 22,
      "break": "p"
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    {
      "v": 22,
      "text": "They all said to him, “Let him be crucified!”"
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    {
      "v": 23,
      "break": "p"
    },
    {
      "v": 23,
      "text": "But the governor said, “Why? What evil has he done?”"
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    {
      "v": 23,
      "break": "p"
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    {
      "v": 23,
      "text": "But they cried out exceedingly, saying, “Let him be crucified!”"
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      "v": 24,
      "break": "p"
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      "v": 24,
      "text": "So when Pilate saw that nothing was being gained, but rather that a disturbance was starting, he took water and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, “I am innocent of the blood of this righteous person. You see to it.”"
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      "v": 25,
      "break": "p"
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      "v": 25,
      "text": "All the people answered, “May his blood be on us and on our children!”"
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    {
      "v": 26,
      "break": "p"
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    {
      "v": 26,
      "text": "Then he released Barabbas to them, but Jesus he flogged and delivered to be crucified."
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      "v": 11,
      "break": "p"
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    {
      "v": 11,
      "break": "p"
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    {
      "v": 11,
      "text": "And Jesus stood before the governor: and the governor asked him, saying, Art thou the King of the Jews? And Jesus said unto him,"
    },
    {
      "v": 11,
      "text": "Thou sayest.",
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      "v": 12,
      "break": "p"
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      "v": 12,
      "text": "And when he was accused of the chief priests and elders, he answered nothing."
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      "v": 13,
      "text": "Then said Pilate unto him, Hearest thou not how many things they witness against thee?"
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      "v": 14,
      "break": "p"
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      "v": 14,
      "text": "And he answered him to never a word; insomuch that the governor marvelled greatly."
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      "v": 15,
      "break": "p"
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      "v": 15,
      "text": "Now at that feast the governor was wont to release unto the people a prisoner, whom they would."
    },
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      "v": 16,
      "text": "And they had then a notable prisoner, called Barabbas."
    },
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      "v": 17,
      "text": "Therefore when they were gathered together, Pilate said unto them, Whom will ye that I release unto you? Barabbas, or Jesus which is called Christ?"
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      "v": 18,
      "text": "For he knew that for envy they had delivered him."
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      "v": 19,
      "break": "p"
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    {
      "v": 19,
      "text": "When he was set down on the judgment seat, his wife sent unto him, saying, Have thou nothing to do with that just man: for I have suffered many things this day in a dream because of him."
    },
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      "v": 20,
      "break": "p"
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      "v": 20,
      "text": "But the chief priests and elders persuaded the multitude that they should ask Barabbas, and destroy Jesus."
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      "v": 21,
      "break": "p"
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      "v": 21,
      "text": "The governor answered and said unto them, Whether of the twain will ye that I release unto you? They said, Barabbas."
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      "v": 22,
      "break": "p"
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      "v": 22,
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      "v": 22,
      "text": "Pilate saith unto them, What shall I do then with Jesus which is called Christ? They all say unto him, Let him be crucified."
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      "v": 23,
      "text": "And the governor said, Why, what evil hath he done? But they cried out the more, saying, Let him be crucified."
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      "text": "When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, but that rather a tumult was made, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just person: see ye to it."
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      "v": 25,
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      "v": 25,
      "text": "Then answered all the people, and said, His blood be on us, and on our children."
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      "v": 26,
      "break": "p"
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    {
      "v": 26,
      "text": "Then released he Barabbas unto them: and when he had scourged Jesus, he delivered him to be crucified."
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