Mark 15:6-11

6Now it was the governor’s custom each year during the Passover celebration to release one prisoner—anyone the people requested.

7One of the prisoners at that time was Barabbas, a revolutionary who had committed murder in an uprising.

8The crowd went to Pilate and asked him to release a prisoner as usual.

9“Would you like me to release to you this ‘King of the Jews’?” Pilate asked.

10(For he realized by now that the leading priests had arrested Jesus out of envy.)

11But at this point the leading priests stirred up the crowd to demand the release of Barabbas instead of Jesus.