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8 When Herod saw Jesus he was delighted, for he had wanted for a long time to see him, because he had heard about him and he hoped to see some wonder done by him.
9 And he questioned him at some length, but he made him no answer.
10 Meanwhile the high priests and the scribes stood by and vehemently accused him.
11 And Herod and his guards made light of him and ridiculed him, and they put a gorgeous robe on him and sent him back to Pilate.
12 And Herod and Pilate became friends that day, for they had been at enmity before.
13 Pilate summoned the high priests and the leading members of the council and the people,
14 and said to them, "You brought this man before me charged with misleading the people, and here I have examined him before you and not found him guilty of any of the things that you accuse him of.
15 Neither has Herod, for he has sent him back to us. You see he has done nothing to call for his death.
16 So I will teach him a lesson and let him go."
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18 But they all shouted out, "Kill him, and release Barabbas for us!"
19 (He was a man who had been put in prison for a riot that had taken place in the city and for murder.)
20 But Pilate wanted to let Jesus go, and he called out to them again.
21 But they kept on shouting, "Crucify him! Crucify him!"
22 And he said to them a third time, "Why, what has he done that is wrong? For I have found nothing about him to call for his death. So I will teach him a lesson and let him go."
23 But they persisted with loud outcries in demanding that he be crucified, and their shouting won.
24 And Pilate pronounced sentence that what they asked for should be done.