Matthew 27:17-25

Goodspeed(i) 17 So when they gathered to ask this, Pilate said to them, "Which one do you want me to release for you, Barabbas, or Jesus, the so-called Christ?" 18 For he knew that they had handed him over to him out of envy. 19 Now while he was on the bench his wife sent to him to say, "Do not have anything to do with that upright man, for I have just had a painful experience in a dream about him." 20 But the high priests and the elders prevailed on the crowd to ask for Barabbas, and to have Jesus put to death. 21 And the governor answered, "Which of the two do you want me to release for you?" They said, "Barabbas!" 22 Pilate said to them, "Then what am I to do with Jesus, the so-called Christ?" They all said, "Have him crucified!" 23 He said, "Why, what has he done that is wrong?" But they shouted all the louder, "Have him crucified!" 24 When Pilate saw that he was gaining nothing but that a riot was beginning instead, he took some water and washed his hands in the presence of the crowd, saying, "I am not responsible for this man's death; you must see to it yourselves." 25 And all the people answered, "His blood be on us and on our children!"