John 7:53–8:11

⁵³⁴And everyone went to his own house.

A Woman is Caught in Adultery

8But Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. ²Now ¹early in the morning He came again into the temple, and all the people came to Him; and He sat down and ^ataught them. ³Then the scribes and Pharisees brought to Him a woman caught in adultery. And when they had set her in the midst, ⁴they said to Him, “Teacher, ²this woman was caught in ^badultery, in the very act. ^5cNow ³Moses, in the law, commanded us ⁴that such should be stoned. But what do You ⁵say?” ⁶This they said, testing Him, that they ^dmight have something of which to accuse Him. But Jesus stooped down and wrote on the ground with His finger, ⁶as though He did not hear.

⁷So when they continued asking Him, He ⁷raised Himself up and said to them, ^e“He who is without sin among you, let him throw a stone at her first.” ⁸And again He stooped down and wrote on the ground. ⁹Then those who heard it, ^fbeing ⁸convicted by their conscience, went out one by one, beginning with the oldest even to the last. And Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst. ¹⁰When Jesus had raised Himself up ⁹and saw no one but the woman, He said to her, “Woman, where are those accusers ¹of yours? Has no one condemned you?”

¹¹She said, “No one, Lord.”

And Jesus said to her, ^g“Neither do I condemn you; go ²and ^hsin no more.”