John 7:53–8:11

[The earliest manuscripts do not include 7:53–8:11.]¹

The Woman Caught in Adultery

8[[⁵³They went each to his own house, ¹but Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. ^2bEarly in the morning he came again to the temple. All the people came to him, and ^che sat down and taught them. ³The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in adultery, and placing her in the midst ⁴they said to him, “Teacher, this woman has been caught in the act of adultery. ⁵Now ^din the Law, Moses commanded us ^eto stone such women. So what do you say?” ⁶This they said ^fto test him, ^gthat they might have some charge to bring against him. Jesus bent down and wrote with his finger on the ground. ⁷And as they continued to ask him, he stood up and said to them, ^h“Let him who is without sin among you ⁱbe the first to throw a stone at her.” ⁸And once more he bent down and wrote on the ground. ⁹But when they heard it, they went away one by one, beginning with the older ones, and Jesus was left alone with the woman standing before him. ¹⁰Jesus stood up and said to her, “Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?” ¹¹She said, “No one, Lord.” And Jesus said, ^j“Neither do I condemn you; go, and from now on ^ksin no more.”]]