John 19:21

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ESV	So the chief priests of the Jews said to Pilate, “Do not write, 'The King of the Jews,' but rather, 'This man said, I am King of the Jews.'”
NIV	The chief priests of the Jews protested to Pilate, “Do not write 'The King of the Jews,' but that this man claimed to be king of the Jews.”
NLT	Then the leading priests objected and said to Pilate, “Change it from 'The King of the Jews' to 'He said, I am King of the Jews.'”
KJV	Then said the chief priests of the Jews to Pilate, Write not, The King of the Jews; but that he said, I am King of the Jews.

^{John 19:20 ← John 19:21 → John 19:22}

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