NARRATOR: Pilate, the Roman governor, summoned Jesus.
PILATE: Are you the king of the Jews?
JESUS: Are you saying this on your own, or have others been telling you about me?
PILATE: I am no Jew. Your own people and the chief priests have handed you over to me. What have you done?
JESUS: My kingdom does not belong to this world. If my kingdom were of this world, my subjects would be fighting to save me from being handed over. My kingdom is not here.
PILATE: So, then, are you a king?
JESUS: It is you who say I am a king. The reason I was born, the reason why I came into the world, is to testify to the truth. Anyone committed to the truth hears my voice.
John 18.33-37
Sunday Readings: Daniel 7.13-14; Revelation 1.5-8; John 18.33-37