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John 18:37-38 CEV
(37) "So you are a king," Pilate replied. "You are saying that I am a king," Jesus told him. "I was born into this world to tell about the truth. And everyone who belongs to the truth knows my voice." (38) Pilate asked Jesus, "What is truth?" Pilate went back out and said, "I don't find this man guilty of anything!

John 18:37-38 ALT
(37) Then Pilate said to Him, "So then, _You_ are a king?" Jesus answered, "_You_ say that I am a king. For this [reason] _I_ have been born, and for this [reason] I have come into the world, so that I should testify to the truth. Every [one] being of the truth hears My voice." (38) Pilate says to Him, "What is truth?" And having said this, he again went out to the Jews and says to them, "_I_ find no [grounds for] an accusation [or, no guilt; and in 19:6] in Him.

John 18:37-38 ASV (37) Pilate therefore said unto him, Art thou a king then? Jesus answered, Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end have I been born, and to this end am I come into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice. (38) Pilate saith unto him, What is truth? And when he had said this, he went out again unto the Jews, and saith unto them, I find no crime in him.

John 18:37-38 BBE
(37) Then Pilate said to him, Are you then a king? Jesus made answer, You say that I am a king. For this purpose was I given birth, and for this purpose I came into the world, that I might give witness to what is true. Every lover of what is true gives ear to my voice. (38) Pilate said to him, True? what is true? Having said this he went out again to the Jews and said to them, I see no wrong in him.

John 18:37-38 LITV
(37) Then Pilate said to Him, Are You really a king? Jesus answered, You say that I am a king. For this purpose I have been born, and for this I have come into the world, that I might witness to the Truth. Everyone being of the Truth hears My voice. (38) Pilate said to Him, What is truth? And saying this, he again went out to the Jews and said to them, I do not find even one crime in Him!

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The Translations we quote are:

ALT - Analytical Literal Translation

ASV - American Standard Version (by the American revision committee in 1897).

Darby - 1889 Darby Bible

DRB - 1899 Douay-Rheims Bible

BBE - 1965 Bible in Basic English

LITV - Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

KJV - King James Version

MKJV - Modern King James Version

NWT - New World Translation

Webster - 1833 Webster Bible

RV - Revised Version

YLT - Young's Literal Translation