John 18
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John 18:37-40

37So Pilate said to Him, “Then You are a King?” Jesus answered, “You say [correctly] that I am a King. This is why I was born, and for this I have come into the world, to testify to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth [who is a friend of the truth and belongs to the truth] hears and listens carefully to My voice.”

38Pilate said to Him [scornfully], “What is truth?” And when he had said this, he went out to the Jews again and told them, “I find no guilt in Him [no crime, no cause for an accusation].

39But you have a custom that I release someone for you at the Passover. So shall I release for you the King of the Jews?”

40Then they all shouted back again, “Not this Man, but Barabbas!” Now Barabbas was a robber.

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