John 8:1-11 ▼

1 THEN Jesus went to the mount of Olives.

2 And in the morning he came again to the temple, and all the people were coming to him; and he sat down and taught them.

3 Then the scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman who was caught in adultery; and they made her to stand in the midst.

4 They said to him, Teacher, this woman was caught openly in the act of adultery.

5 Now in the law of Moses it is commanded that women such as these should be stoned; but what do you say?

6 They said this to tempt him, that they might have a cause to accuse him. While Jesus was bent down, he was writing on the ground.

7 When they were through questioning him, he straightened himself up and said to them, He who is among you without sin, let him first throw a stone at her.

8 And again as he bent down, he wrote on the ground.

9 And when they heard it, they left one by one, beginning with the elders; and the man woman was left alone in the midst.

10 When Jesus straightened himself up, he said to the woman, Where are they?

11 did no henceforth, do not sin again.