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Then the whole assembly rose and led him off to Pilate.
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And they began to accuse him, saying, “We have found this man subverting our nation. He opposes payment of taxes to Caesar and claims to be Messiah, a king.”
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So Pilate asked Jesus, “Are you the king of the Jews?” “You have said so,” Jesus replied.
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Then Pilate announced to the chief priests and the crowd, “I find no basis for a charge against this man.”
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But they insisted, “He stirs up the people all over Judea by his teaching. He started in Galilee and has come all the way here.”