2, Psalm 32; Genesis 29:1-30; 2 Chronicles 6; Luke 22:47-23:25
Psalm 32
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Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.
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Blessed is the man unto whom the Lord imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile.
10 I
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When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long.
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For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. Selah.
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I acknowledge my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the Lord; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah.
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For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found: surely in the floods of great waters they shall not come nigh unto him.
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Thou art my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Selah.
11 I
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I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye.
12 I
9
Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding: whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, lest they come near unto thee.
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Many sorrows shall be to the wicked: but he that trusteth in the Lord, mercy shall compass him about.
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Be glad in the Lord, and rejoice, ye righteous: and shout for joy, all ye that are upright in heart.
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Genesis 29
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Then Jacob went on his journey, and came into the land of the people of the east.
10 I
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And he looked, and behold a well in the field, and, lo, there were three flocks of sheep lying by it; for out of that well they watered the flocks: and a great stone was upon the well’s mouth.
10 I
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And thither were all the flocks gathered: and they rolled the stone from the well’s mouth, and watered the sheep, and put the stone again upon the well’s mouth in his place.
10 I
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And Jacob said unto them, My brethren, whence be ye? And they said, Of Haran are we.
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And he said unto them, Know ye Laban the son of Nahor? And they said, We know him.
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And he said unto them, Is he well? And they said, He is well: and, behold, Rachel his daughter cometh with the sheep.
10 I
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And he said, Lo, it is yet high day, neither is it time that the cattle should be gathered together: water ye the sheep, and go and feed them.
10 I
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And they said, We cannot, until all the flocks be gathered together, and till they roll the stone from the well’s mouth; then we water the sheep.
10 I
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And while he yet spake with them, Rachel came with her father’s sheep; for she kept them.
10 I
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And it came to pass, when Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban his mother’s brother, and the sheep of Laban his mother’s brother, that Jacob went near, and rolled the stone from the well’s mouth, and watered the flock of Laban his mother’s brother.
10 I
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And Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, and wept.
10 I
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And Jacob told Rachel that he was her father’s brother, and that he was Rebekah’s son: and she ran and told her father.
10 I
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And it came to pass, when Laban heard the tidings of Jacob his sister’s son, that he ran to meet him, and embraced him, and kissed him, and brought him to his house. And he told Laban all these things.
10 I
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And Laban said to him, Surely thou art my bone and my flesh. And he abode with him the space of a month.
10 I
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And Laban said unto Jacob, Because thou art my brother, shouldest thou therefore serve me for nought? tell me, what shall thy wages be?
10 I
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And Laban had two daughters: the name of the elder was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel.
10 I
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Leah was tender eyed; but Rachel was beautiful and well favoured.
10 I
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And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter.
10 I
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And Laban said, It is better that I give her to thee, than that I should give her to another man: abide with me.
10 I
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And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had to her.
10 I
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And Jacob said unto Laban, Give me my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may go in unto her.
10 I
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And Laban gathered together all the men of the place, and made a feast.
10 I
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And it came to pass in the evening, that he took Leah his daughter, and brought her to him; and he went in unto her.
10 I
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And Laban gave unto his daughter Leah Zilpah his maid for an handmaid.
10 I
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And it came to pass, that in the morning, behold, it was Leah: and he said to Laban, What is this thou hast done unto me? did not I serve with thee for Rachel? wherefore then hast thou beguiled me?
10 I
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And Laban said, It must not be so done in our country, to give the younger before the firstborn.
10 I
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Fulfil her week, and we will give thee this also for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years.
10 I
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And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week: and he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife also.
10 I
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And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his handmaid to be her maid.
10 I
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And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years.
10 I
2 Chronicles 6
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Then said Solomon, The Lord hath said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.
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But I have built an house of habitation for thee, and a place for thy dwelling for ever.
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And the king turned his face, and blessed the whole congregation of Israel: and all the congregation of Israel stood.
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And he said, Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, who hath with his hands fulfilled that which he spake with his mouth to my father David, saying,
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Since the day that I brought forth my people out of the land of Egypt I chose no city among all the tribes of Israel to build an house in, that my name might be there; neither chose I any man to be a ruler over my people Israel:
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But I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there; and have chosen David to be over my people Israel.
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Now it was in the heart of David my father to build an house for the name of the Lord God of Israel.
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But the Lord said to David my father, Forasmuch as it was in thine heart to build an house for my name, thou didst well in that it was in thine heart:
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Notwithstanding thou shalt not build the house; but thy son which shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house for my name.
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The Lord therefore hath performed his word that he hath spoken: for I am risen up in the room of David my father, and am set on the throne of Israel, as the Lord promised, and have built the house for the name of the Lord God of Israel.
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And in it have I put the ark, wherein is the covenant of the Lord, that he made with the children of Israel.
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And he stood before the altar of the Lord in the presence of all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands:
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For Solomon had made a brasen scaffold of five cubits long, and five cubits broad, and three cubits high, and had set it in the midst of the court: and upon it he stood, and kneeled down upon his knees before all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven.
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And said, O Lord God of Israel, there is no God like thee in the heaven, nor in the earth; which keepest covenant, and shewest mercy unto thy servants, that walk before thee with all their hearts:
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Thou which hast kept with thy servant David my father that which thou hast promised him; and spakest with thy mouth, and hast fulfilled it with thine hand, as it is this day.
2 I
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Now therefore, O Lord God of Israel, keep with thy servant David my father that which thou hast promised him, saying, There shall not fail thee a man in my sight to sit upon the throne of Israel; yet so that thy children take heed to their way to walk in my law, as thou hast walked before me.
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Now then, O Lord God of Israel, let thy word be verified, which thou hast spoken unto thy servant David.
2 I
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But will God in very deed dwell with men on the earth? behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house which I have built!
2 I
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Have respect therefore to the prayer of thy servant, and to his supplication, O Lord my God, to hearken unto the cry and the prayer which thy servant prayeth before thee:
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That thine eyes may be open upon this house day and night, upon the place whereof thou hast said that thou wouldest put thy name there; to hearken unto the prayer which thy servant prayeth toward this place.
2 I
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Hearken therefore unto the supplications of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, which they shall make toward this place: hear thou from thy dwelling place, even from heaven; and when thou hearest, forgive.
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If a man sin against his neighbour, and an oath be laid upon him to make him swear, and the oath come before thine altar in this house;
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Then hear thou from heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, by requiting the wicked, by recompensing his way upon his own head; and by justifying the righteous, by giving him according to his righteousness.
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And if thy people Israel be put to the worse before the enemy, because they have sinned against thee; and shall return and confess thy name, and pray and make supplication before thee in this house;
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Then hear thou from the heavens, and forgive the sin of thy people Israel, and bring them again unto the land which thou gavest to them and to their fathers.
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When the heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against thee; yet if they pray toward this place, and confess thy name, and turn from their sin, when thou dost afflict them;
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Then hear thou from heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants, and of thy people Israel, when thou hast taught them the good way, wherein they should walk; and send rain upon thy land, which thou hast given unto thy people for an inheritance.
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If there be dearth in the land, if there be pestilence, if there be blasting, or mildew, locusts, or caterpillers; if their enemies besiege them in the cities of their land; whatsoever sore or whatsoever sickness there be:
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Then what prayer or what supplication soever shall be made of any man, or of all thy people Israel, when every one shall know his own sore and his own grief, and shall spread forth his hands in this house:
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Then hear thou from heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive, and render unto every man according unto all his ways, whose heart thou knowest; (for thou only knowest the hearts of the children of men:)
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That they may fear thee, to walk in thy ways, so long as they live in the land which thou gavest unto our fathers.
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Moreover concerning the stranger, which is not of thy people Israel, but is come from a far country for thy great name’s sake, and thy mighty hand, and thy stretched out arm; if they come and pray in this house;
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Then hear thou from the heavens, even from thy dwelling place, and do according to all that the stranger calleth to thee for; that all people of the earth may know thy name, and fear thee, as doth thy people Israel, and may know that this house which I have built is called by thy name.
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If thy people go out to war against their enemies by the way that thou shalt send them, and they pray unto thee toward this city which thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built for thy name;
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Then hear thou from the heavens their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.
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If they sin against thee, (for there is no man which sinneth not,) and thou be angry with them, and deliver them over before their enemies, and they carry them away captives unto a land far off or near;
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Yet if they bethink themselves in the land whither they are carried captive, and turn and pray unto thee in the land of their captivity, saying, We have sinned, we have done amiss, and have dealt wickedly;
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If they return to thee with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their captivity, whither they have carried them captives, and pray toward their land, which thou gavest unto their fathers, and toward the city which thou hast chosen, and toward the house which I have built for thy name:
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Then hear thou from the heavens, even from thy dwelling place, their prayer and their supplications, and maintain their cause, and forgive thy people which have sinned against thee.
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Now, my God, let, I beseech thee, thine eyes be open, and let thine ears be attent unto the prayer that is made in this place.
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Now therefore arise, O Lord God, into thy resting place, thou, and the ark of thy strength: let thy priests, O Lord God, be clothed with salvation, and let thy saints rejoice in goodness.
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O Lord God, turn not away the face of thine anointed: remember the mercies of David thy servant.
Luke 22
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And while he yet spake, behold a multitude, and he that was called Judas, one of the twelve, went before them, and drew near unto Jesus to kiss him.
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But Jesus said unto him, Judas, betrayest thou the Son of man with a kiss?
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When they which were about him saw what would follow, they said unto him, Lord, shall we smite with the sword?
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And one of them smote the servant of the high priest, and cut off his right ear.
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And Jesus answered and said, Suffer ye thus far. And he touched his ear, and healed him.
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Then Jesus said unto the chief priests, and captains of the temple, and the elders, which were come to him, Be ye come out, as against a thief, with swords and staves?
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When I was daily with you in the temple, ye stretched forth no hands against me: but this is your hour, and the power of darkness.
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Then took they him, and led him, and brought him into the high priest’s house. And Peter followed afar off.
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And when they had kindled a fire in the midst of the hall, and were set down together, Peter sat down among them.
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But a certain maid beheld him as he sat by the fire, and earnestly looked upon him, and said, This man was also with him.
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And he denied him, saying, Woman, I know him not.
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And after a little while another saw him, and said, Thou art also of them. And Peter said, Man, I am not.
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And about the space of one hour after another confidently affirmed, saying, Of a truth this fellow also was with him: for he is a Galilaean.
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And Peter said, Man, I know not what thou sayest. And immediately, while he yet spake, the cock crew.
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And the Lord turned, and looked upon Peter. And Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how he had said unto him, Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice.
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And Peter went out, and wept bitterly.
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And the men that held Jesus mocked him, and smote him.
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And when they had blindfolded him, they struck him on the face, and asked him, saying, Prophesy, who is it that smote thee?
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And many other things blasphemously spake they against him.
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And as soon as it was day, the elders of the people and the chief priests and the scribes came together, and led him into their council, saying,
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Art thou the Christ? tell us. And he said unto them, If I tell you, ye will not believe:
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And if I also ask you, ye will not answer me, nor let me go.
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Hereafter shall the Son of man sit on the right hand of the power of God.
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Then said they all, Art thou then the Son of God? And he said unto them, Ye say that I am.
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And they said, What need we any further witness? for we ourselves have heard of his own mouth.
Luke 23
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Said unto them, Ye have brought this man unto me, as one that perverteth the people: and, behold, I, having examined him before you, have found no fault in this man touching those things whereof ye accuse him:
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No, nor yet Herod: for I sent you to him; and, lo, nothing worthy of death is done unto him.
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I will therefore chastise him, and release him.
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(For of necessity he must release one unto them at the feast.)
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And they cried out all at once, saying, Away with this man, and release unto us Barabbas:
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(Who for a certain sedition made in the city, and for murder, was cast into prison.)
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Pilate therefore, willing to release Jesus, spake again to them.
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But they cried, saying, Crucify him, crucify him.
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And he said unto them the third time, Why, what evil hath he done? I have found no cause of death in him: I will therefore chastise him, and let him go.
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And they were instant with loud voices, requiring that he might be crucified. And the voices of them and of the chief priests prevailed.
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And Pilate gave sentence that it should be as they required.
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And he released unto them him that for sedition and murder was cast into prison, whom they had desired; but he delivered Jesus to their will.
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And the whole multitude of them arose, and led him unto Pilate.
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And they began to accuse him, saying, We found this fellow perverting the nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, saying that he himself is Christ a King.
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And Pilate asked him, saying, Art thou the King of the Jews? And he answered him and said, Thou sayest it.
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Then said Pilate to the chief priests and to the people, I find no fault in this man.
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And they were the more fierce, saying, He stirreth up the people, teaching throughout all Jewry, beginning from Galilee to this place.
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When Pilate heard of Galilee, he asked whether the man were a Galilaean.
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And as soon as he knew that he belonged unto Herod’s jurisdiction, he sent him to Herod, who himself also was at Jerusalem at that time.
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And when Herod saw Jesus, he was exceeding glad: for he was desirous to see him of a long season, because he had heard many things of him; and he hoped to have seen some miracle done by him.
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Then he questioned with him in many words; but he answered him nothing.
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And the chief priests and scribes stood and vehemently accused him.
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And Herod with his men of war set him at nought, and mocked him, and arrayed him in a gorgeous robe, and sent him again to Pilate.
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And the same day Pilate and Herod were made friends together: for before they were at enmity between themselves.
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And Pilate, when he had called together the chief priests and the rulers and the people,