Matthew 27:22-25
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Pilate said to them, "Then what shall I do with Jesus who is called Christ?" x They all said, "Let him be crucified!"
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And he said, "Why, y what evil has he done?" But they shouted all the more, "Let him be crucified!"
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So when Pilate saw that he was gaining nothing, but rather that z a riot was beginning, he took water and a washed his hands before the crowd, saying, "I am innocent of b this man's blood; c see to it yourselves."
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And all the people answered, d "His blood be on us and e on our children!"
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Acts 13:28
And though they found in him no guilt worthy of death, they asked Pilate to have him executed.
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Luke 23:41
And we indeed justly, for we are receiving the due reward of our deeds; but this man has done nothing wrong.
John 8:46
Which one of you convicts me of sin? If I tell the truth, why do you not believe me?
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Matthew 26:5
But they said, "Not during the feast, lest there be an uproar among the people.
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Deuteronomy 21:6 - 8
And all the elders of that city nearest to the slain man shall wash their hands over the heifer whose neck was broken in the valley.
Psalms 26:6
I wash my hands in innocence and go around your altar, O Lord.
Psalms 73:13
All in vain have I kept my heart clean and washed my hands in innocence.
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Matthew 27:19
Besides, while he was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent word to him, "Have nothing to do with that righteous man, for I have suffered much because of him today in a dream.
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Matthew 27:4
Saying, "I have sinned by betraying innocent blood." They said, "What is that to us? See to it yourself.
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Matthew 23:35 - 36
So that on you may come all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of innocent Abel to the blood of Zechariah the son of Barachiah, whom you murdered between the sanctuary and the altar.
Joshua 2:19
Then if anyone goes out of the doors of your house into the street, his blood shall be on his own head, and we shall be guiltless. But if a hand is laid on anyone who is with you in the house, his blood shall be on our head.
Acts 5:28
Saying, "We strictly charged you not to teach in this name, yet here you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and you intend to bring this man's blood upon us.
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Exodus 20:5
You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I the Lord your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and the fourth generation of those who hate me.
Lamentations 5:7
Our fathers sinned, and are no more; and we bear their iniquities.
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