33Then Pilate went back into the Praetorium and sent for Jesus and said to him, Are you the King of the Jews?
34Jesus made answer, Do you say this of yourself, or did others say it about me?
35Pilate said, Am I a Jew? Your nation and the chief priests have given you into my hands: what have you done?
36Jesus said in answer, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom was of this world, my disciples would have made a good fight to keep me out of the hands of the Jews: but my kingdom is not here.
37Then Pilate said to him, Are you then a king? Jesus made answer, You say that I am a king. For this purpose was I given birth, and for this purpose I came into the world, that I might give witness to what is true. Every lover of what is true gives ear to my voice.
38Pilate said to him, True? what is true? Having said this he went out again to the Jews and said to them, I see no wrong in him.
39But every year you make a request to me to let a prisoner go free at the Passover. Is it your desire that I let the King of the Jews go free?
