John 8:1-11 - A Woman Caught In Adultery

¹ but Jesus went to the Hill of Olives.

² Early in the morning he returned to the temple, the people all came to him, and he sat down and taught them.

³ The scribes and Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in the act of committing adultery, and making her stand forward ⁴ they said to him, "Teacher, this woman was caught in the very act of committing adultery. ⁵ Now Moses has commanded us in the Law to stone such creatures; but what do you say?" ⁶ (They said this to test him, in order to get a charge against him.) Jesus stooped down, and began to write with his finger on the ground; ⁷ but as they persisted with their question, he raised himself and said to them, "Let the innocent among you throw the first stone at her";

⁸ then he stooped down again and wrote on the ground. ⁹ And on hearing what he said, they went away one by one, beginning with the older men, till Jesus was left alone with the woman standing before him. ¹⁰ Looking up, Jesus said to her, "Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?"

¹¹ She said, "No one, sir." Jesus said, "Neither do I; be off, and never sin again."]