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Matthew 27:29

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And when they had platted a crown of thorns, they put it upon his head, and a reed in his right hand: and they bowed the knee before him, and mocked him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews!

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  1. Matthew 27:27

    Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the common hall, and gathered unto him the whole band of soldiers.

  2. Matthew 27:28

    And they stripped him, and put on him a scarlet robe.

  3. Matthew 27:30

    And they spit upon him, and took the reed, and smote him on the head.

  4. Matthew 27:31

    And after that they had mocked him, they took the robe off from him, and put his own raiment on him, and led him away to crucify him.

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Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.