John 8:1-7

New Life Version

Jesus Speaks to the Teachers of the Law and the Proud Religious Law-Keepers

8 (*Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. ² Early in the morning He went back to the house of God and all the people came to Him. He sat down and taught them.

³ The teachers of the Law and the proud religious law-keepers came to Him. They brought a woman who had been caught doing a sex sin. They made her stand in front of them all. ⁴ Then they said to Jesus, “Teacher, this woman was caught in the act of doing a sex sin. ⁵ Moses told us in the Law to throw stones and kill a woman like this. What do You say about it?”

⁶ They were trying to set a trap to find something against Him. Jesus got down and began to write in the dust with His finger. ⁷ They kept on asking Him. Then He stood up and said, “Anyone of you who is without sin can throw the first stone at her.”