John 8:1-8 ▼

1 Jesus, however, went to the Mount of Olives.

2 At daybreak he appeared again in the Temple, and all the people came to him. So he sat down and began to teach them.

3 But the scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in adultery. After setting her before them,

4 they told him, |Teacher, this woman has been caught in the very act of adultery.

5 Now in the Law, Moses commanded us to stone such women to death. What do you say?|

6 They said this to test him, so that they might have a charge against him. But Jesus bent down and began to write on the ground with his finger.

7 When they persisted in questioning him, he straightened up and told them, |Let the person among you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her.|

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