Solomon’s Wisdom

¹⁶ Then two women who were prostitutes came to the king and stood before him.^(A)

8 ¹ But Jesus went to the Mount of Olives.^(A)

An Adulteress Forgiven

² At dawn He went to the temple complex^(B) again, and all the people were coming to Him.^(C) He sat down^(D) and began to teach them.

³ Then the scribes and the Pharisees^(E) brought a woman caught in adultery,^(F) making her stand in the center. ⁴ “Teacher,” they said to Him, “this woman was caught in the act of committing adultery.^{(G) 5} In the law Moses^(H) commanded us to stone such women.^(I) So what do You say?” ⁶ They asked this to trap Him,^(J) in order that they might have evidence to accuse Him.

Jesus stooped down and started writing on the ground with His finger. ⁷ When they persisted in questioning Him, He stood up and said to them, “The one without sin^(K) among you^(L) should be the first to throw a stone at her.”^(M)

⁸ Then He stooped down again and continued writing on the ground. ⁹ When they heard this, they left one by one, starting with the older men. Only He was left, with the woman in the center. ¹⁰ When Jesus stood up, He said to her, “Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?”

¹¹ “No one, Lord,”^[a] she answered.

“Neither do I condemn you,”^(N) said Jesus. “Go, and from now on do not sin anymore.”]^[b]

The Light of the World

¹² Then Jesus spoke to them again: “I am^(O) the light^(P) of the world. Anyone who follows Me will never walk in the darkness but will have the light of life.”^(Q)

³⁴ Don’t assume that I came to bring peace on the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword.^{(A) 35} For I came to turn

³⁷ The person who loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me;^(C) the person who loves son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me. ³⁸ And whoever doesn’t take up his cross and follow^[b] Me is not worthy of Me. ³⁹ Anyone finding^[c] his life will lose it,^(D) and anyone losing^[d] his life because of Me will find it.^(E)