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## Luke 23:16-23 in Context (Verses 13–26 KJV)
 
 [13 ](/kjv/luke/23/13) ¶ And Pilate, when he had called together the chief priests and the rulers and the people,
 
 [14 ](/kjv/luke/23/14) 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:
 
 [15 ](/kjv/luke/23/15) No, nor yet Herod: for I sent you to him; and, lo, nothing worthy of death is done unto him.
 
 [16 ](/kjv/luke/23/16) I will therefore chastise him, and release *him*.
 
 [17 ](/kjv/luke/23/17) (For of necessity he must release one unto them at the feast.)
 
 [18 ](/kjv/luke/23/18) And they cried out all at once, saying, Away with this *man*, and release unto us Barabbas:
 
 [19 ](/kjv/luke/23/19) (Who for a certain sedition made in the city, and for murder, was cast into prison.)
 
 [20 ](/kjv/luke/23/20) Pilate therefore, willing to release Jesus, spake again to them.
 
 [21 ](/kjv/luke/23/21) But they cried, saying, Crucify *him*, crucify him.
 
 [22 ](/kjv/luke/23/22) 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.
 
 [23 ](/kjv/luke/23/23) And they were instant with loud voices, requiring that he might be crucified. And the voices of them and of the chief priests prevailed.
 
 [24 ](/kjv/luke/23/24) And Pilate gave sentence that it should be as they required.
 
 [25 ](/kjv/luke/23/25) 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.
 
 [26 ](/kjv/luke/23/26) And as they led him away, they laid hold upon one Simon, a Cyrenian, coming out of the country, and on him they laid the cross, that he might bear *it* after Jesus.
 
[Luke 22](/kjv/luke/22) [Luke 24](/kjv/luke/24)

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