John 8:1–11

8But Jesus went to the Mount of Olives.^d

AN ADULTERESS FORGIVEN

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

³Then the scribes and the Pharisees^h brought a woman caught in adultery,ⁱ making her stand in the center. ⁴“Teacher,” they said to him, “this woman was caught in the act of committing adultery.^{j 5}In the law Moses^k commanded us to stone such women.^l So what do you say?” ⁶They asked this to trap him,^m in order that they might have evidence to accuse him.

Jesus stooped down and started writing on the ground with his finger. ⁷When they persisted in questioning him, he stood up and said to them, “The one without sinⁿ among you^o should be the first to throw a stone at her.”^{p 8}Then he stooped down again and continued writing on the ground. ⁹When they heard this, they left one by one, starting with the older men. Only he was left, with the woman in the center. ¹⁰When Jesus stood up, he said to her, “Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?”

¹¹“No one, Lord,” she answered.

“Neither do I condemn you,”^q said Jesus. “Go, and from now on do not sin anymore.”]