Matthew 27:1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 31
Matthew 27:1 NIV
Early in the morning, all the chief priests and the elders of the people made their plans how to have Jesus executed.
Matthew 27:4 NIV
“I have sinned,” he said, “for I have betrayed innocent blood.” “What is that to us?” they replied. “That’s your responsibility.”
Matthew 27:5 NIV
So Judas threw the money into the temple and left. Then he went away and hanged himself.
Matthew 27:6 NIV
The chief priests picked up the coins and said, “It is against the law to put this into the treasury, since it is blood money.”
Matthew 27:7 NIV
So they decided to use the money to buy the potter’s field as a burial place for foreigners.
Matthew 27:9 NIV
Then what was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled: “They took the thirty pieces of silver, the price set on him by the people of Israel
Matthew 27:11 NIV
Meanwhile Jesus stood before the governor, and the governor asked him, “Are you the king of the Jews?” “You have said so,” Jesus replied.
Matthew 27:13 NIV
Then Pilate asked him, “Don’t you hear the testimony they are bringing against you?”
Matthew 27:14 NIV
But Jesus made no reply, not even to a single charge—to the great amazement of the governor.
Matthew 27:15 NIV
Now it was the governor’s custom at the festival to release a prisoner chosen by the crowd.
Matthew 27:17 NIV
So when the crowd had gathered, Pilate asked them, “Which one do you want me to release to you: Jesus Barabbas, or Jesus who is called the Messiah?”
Matthew 27:20 NIV
But the chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowd to ask for Barabbas and to have Jesus executed.
Matthew 27:21 NIV
“Which of the two do you want me to release to you?” asked the governor. “Barabbas,” they answered.
Matthew 27:22 NIV
“What shall I do, then, with Jesus who is called the Messiah?” Pilate asked. They all answered, “Crucify him!”
Matthew 27:23 NIV
“Why? What crime has he committed?” asked Pilate. But they shouted all the louder, “Crucify him!”
Matthew 27:26 NIV
Then he released Barabbas to them. But he had Jesus flogged, and handed him over to be crucified.
Matthew 27:31 NIV
After they had mocked him, they took off the robe and put his own clothes on him. Then they led him away to crucify him.