John 8:1-11
An Adulteress Forgiven
8But Jesus went to athe Mount of Olives. 2Early in the morning He came again into the temple, and all the people were coming to Him; and aHe sat down and began to teach them. 3The scribes and the Pharisees *brought a woman caught in adultery, and having set her in the center of the court, 4they *said to Him, “Teacher, this woman has been caught in adultery, in the very act. 5“Now in the Law aMoses commanded us to stone such women; what then do You say?” 6They were saying this, atesting Him, bso that they might have evidence to accuse Him. But Jesus stooped down and with His finger wrote on the ground. 7But when they persisted in asking Him, aHe straightened up and said to them, “bLet him who is without sin among you be the cfirst to throw a stone at her.” 8Again He stooped down and wrote on the ground. 9When they heard it, they began to go out one by one, beginning with the older ones, and He was left alone, and the woman, where she was, in the center of the court. 10aStraightening up, Jesus said to her, “Woman, where are they? Did no one condemn you?” 11She said, “No one, 1Lord.” And Jesus said, “aI do not condemn you, either. Go, and from now on bsin no more.”]