Matthew 27:15-18, New Living Translation
15 Now it was the governor's custom to release one prisoner to the crowd each year during the Passover celebration—anyone they wanted.
16 This year there was a notorious criminal in prison, a man named Barabbas.[3][Some manuscripts read Jesus Barabbas; also in 27:17.]
17 As the crowds gathered before Pilate's house that morning, he asked them, "Which one do you want me to release to you—Barabbas, or Jesus who is called the Messiah?"
18 (He knew very well that the Jewish leaders had arrested Jesus out of envy.)
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