"Hear this, O priests! Take heed, O house of Israel! Give ear, O house of the king! For yours [is] the judgment, Because you have been a snare to Mizpah And a net spread on Tabor.

But the chief priests and elders persuaded the multitudes that they should ask for Barabbas and destroy Jesus.

Then they all cried again, saying, "Not this Man, but Barabbas!" Now Barabbas was a robber.

"But you denied the Holy One and the Just, and asked for a murderer to be granted to you,