Matthew 27:11-31

11But Jesus stood before the governor. And the governor questioned him, saying, Art thou the King of the Jews? And Jesus said to him, Thou sayest.

12And when he was accused of the chief priests and the elders, he answered nothing.

13Then says Pilate to him, Hearest thou not how many things they witness against thee?

14And he answered him not so much as one word, so that the governor wondered exceedingly.

15Now at [the] feast the governor was accustomed to release one prisoner to the crowd, whom they would.

16And they had then a notable prisoner, named Barabbas.

17They therefore being gathered together, Pilate said to them, Whom will ye that I release to you, Barabbas, or Jesus who is called Christ?

18For he knew that they had delivered him up through envy.

19But, as he was sitting on the judgment-seat, his wife sent to him, saying, Have thou nothing to do with that righteous [man]; for I have suffered to-day many things in a dream because of him.

20But the chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowds that they should beg for Barabbas, and destroy Jesus.

21And the governor answering said to them, Which of the two will ye that I release unto you? And they said, Barabbas.

22Pilate says to them, What then shall I do with Jesus, who is called Christ? They all say, Let him be crucified.

23And the governor said, What evil then has he done? But they cried more than ever, saying, Let him be crucified.

24And Pilate, seeing that it availed nothing, but that rather a tumult was arising, having taken water, washed his hands before the crowd, saying, I am guiltless of the blood of this righteous one: see ye [to it].

25And all the people answering said, His blood [be] on us and on our children.

26Then he released to them Barabbas; but Jesus, having scourged [him], he delivered up that he might be crucified.

27Then the soldiers of the governor, having taken Jesus with [them] to the praetorium, gathered against him the whole band,

28and having taken off his garment, put on him a scarlet cloak;

29and having woven a crown out of thorns, they put it on his head, and a reed in his right hand; and, bowing the knee before him, they mocked him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews!

30And having spit upon him, they took the reed and beat [him] on his head.

31And when they had mocked him, they took the cloak off him, and put his own clothes on him, and led him away to crucify.