20Now the chief priests and those in authority got the people to make request for Barabbas, and for Jesus to be put to death.
21But the ruler made answer and said to them, Which of the two is it your pleasure that I let go free? And they said, Barabbas.
22Pilate says to them, What, then, am I to do with Jesus, who is named Christ? They all say, Let him be put to death on the cross.
23And he said, Why, what evil has he done? But they gave loud cries, saying, To the cross with him!
24So when Pilate saw that he was able to do nothing, but that trouble was working up, he took water and, washing his hands before the people, said, The blood of this upright man is not on my hands: you are responsible.
25And all the people made answer and said, Let his blood be on us, and on our children.
26Then he let Barabbas go free: but after having Jesus whipped, he gave him up to be put to death on the cross.
