New American Bible, Revised Edition

John 18:27-36 New American Bible, Revised Edition (NABRE)

27. Again Peter denied it. And immediately the cock crowed.

28. Then they brought Jesus from Caiaphas to the praetorium. It was morning. And they themselves did not enter the praetorium, in order not to be defiled so that they could eat the Passover.

29. So Pilate came out to them and said, “What charge do you bring [against] this man?”

30. They answered and said to him, “If he were not a criminal, we would not have handed him over to you.”

31. At this, Pilate said to them, “Take him yourselves, and judge him according to your law.” The Jews answered him, “We do not have the right to execute anyone,”

32. in order that the word of Jesus might be fulfilled that he said indicating the kind of death he would die.

33. So Pilate went back into the praetorium and summoned Jesus and said to him, “Are you the King of the Jews?”

34. Jesus answered, “Do you say this on your own or have others told you about me?”

35. Pilate answered, “I am not a Jew, am I? Your own nation and the chief priests handed you over to me. What have you done?”

36. Jesus answered, “My kingdom does not belong to this world. If my kingdom did belong to this world, my attendants [would] be fighting to keep me from being handed over to the Jews. But as it is, my kingdom is not here.”