John 8:1-8 ▼

1 But Jesus went to the Mount of Olives.

2 At dawn he went to the temple again, and all the people were coming to him. He sat down and began to teach them.

3 Then the scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman caught in adultery, making her stand in the center.

4 “Teacher,” they said to him, “this woman was caught in the act of committing adultery.

5 In the law Moses commanded us to stone such women. So what do you say? ”

6 They asked this to trap him, in order that they might have evidence to accuse him. Jesus stooped down and started writing on the ground with his finger.

7 When they persisted in questioning him, he stood up and said to them, “The one without sin among you should be the first to throw a stone at her.”

8 Then he stooped down again and continued writing on the ground.