¹⁹ If anyone goes out the doors of your house, his blood will be on his own head,^(A) and we will be innocent. But if anyone with you in the house should be harmed,^[a] his blood will be on our heads.

²⁴ When Pilate saw that he was getting nowhere,^[a] but that a riot was starting instead, he took some water, washed his hands in front of the crowd, and said, “I am innocent of this man’s blood.^[b] See to it yourselves!”^(A)

²⁵ All the people answered, “His blood be on us^(B) and on our children!”

⁵ When Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul was occupied with preaching the message^[a] and solemnly testified to the Jews that Jesus is the Messiah.^{(A) 6} But when they resisted and blasphemed,^(B) he shook his robe^[b](C) and told them, “Your blood is on your own heads!^(D) I am innocent.^[c] From now on I will go to the Gentiles.”^(E)