John 7:49-51

Contemporary English Version

⁴⁹ And these people who don't know the Law are under God's curse anyway.”

^50 (A) Nicodemus was there at the time. He was a member of the council, and was the same one who had earlier come to see Jesus.^[a] He said, ⁵¹ “Our Law doesn't let us condemn people before we hear what they have to say. We cannot judge them before we know what they have done.”