Matthew 27:1-25

11Now when morning came, all the chief priests and the elders of the people conferred together against Jesus to put Him to death; 2and they bound Him, and led Him away and 2delivered Him to 3Pilate the governor.

3Then when 4Judas, who had betrayed Him, saw that He had been condemned, he felt remorse and returned 5the thirty 6pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders, 4saying, “I have sinned by betraying innocent blood.” But they said, “What is that to us? 7See to that yourself!” 5And he threw the pieces of silver into 8the temple sanctuary and departed; and 9he went away and hanged himself. 6The chief priests took the pieces of silver and said, “It is not lawful to put them into the temple treasury, since it is the price of blood.” 7And they conferred together and 10with the money bought the Potter’s Field as a burial place for strangers. 811For this reason that field has been called the Field of Blood to this day. 9Then that which was spoken through Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled: “12And 13they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of the one whose price had been set by the sons of Israel; 1014and 15they gave them for the Potter’s Field, as the Lord directed me.”

1116Now Jesus stood before the governor, and the governor questioned Him, saying, “Are You the 17King of the Jews?” And Jesus said to him, “18It is as you say.” 12And while He was being accused by the chief priests and elders, 19He did not answer. 13Then Pilate said to Him, “Do You not hear how many things they testify against You?” 14And 20He did not answer him with regard to even a single 21charge, so the governor was quite amazed.

1522Now at the feast the governor was accustomed to release for the 23people any one prisoner whom they wanted. 16At that time they were holding a notorious prisoner, called Barabbas. 17So when the people gathered together, Pilate said to them, “Whom do you want me to release for you? Barabbas, or Jesus 24who is called Christ?” 18For he knew that because of envy they had handed Him over.

1925While he was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent him a message, saying, “Have nothing to do with that 26righteous Man; for 27last night I suffered greatly 28in a dream because of Him.” 20But the chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowds to 29ask for Barabbas and to put Jesus to death. 21But the governor 30said to them, “Which of the two do you want me to release for you?” And they said, “Barabbas.” 22Pilate said to them, “Then what shall I do with Jesus 31who is called Christ?” They all said, “32Crucify Him!” 23And he said, “Why, what evil has He done?” But they kept shouting all the more, saying, “33Crucify Him!”

24When Pilate saw that he was accomplishing nothing, but rather that 34a riot was starting, he took water and 35washed his hands in front of the crowd, saying, “I am innocent of 36this Man’s blood; 37see to that yourselves.” 25And all the people said, “38His blood shall be on us and on our children!”