John 18:33-38

GOD’S WORD Translation

³³ Pilate went back into the palace, called for Jesus, and asked him, “Are you the king of the Jews?”

³⁴ Jesus replied, “Did you think of that yourself, or did others tell you about me?”

³⁵ Pilate answered, “Am I a Jew? Your own people and the chief priests handed you over to me. What have you done?”

³⁶ Jesus answered, “My kingdom doesn’t belong to this world. If my kingdom belonged to this world, my followers would fight to keep me from being handed over to the Jews. My kingdom doesn’t have its origin on earth.”

³⁷ Pilate asked him, “So you are a king?”

Jesus replied, “You’re correct in saying that I’m a king. I have been born and have come into the world for this reason: to testify to the truth. Everyone who belongs to the truth listens to me.”

³⁸ Pilate said to him, “What is truth?”

After Pilate said this, he went out to the Jews again and told them, “I don’t find this man guilty of anything.