The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in adultery, and placing her in the midst they said to him, “Teacher, this woman has been caught in the act of adultery. Now (A)in the Law, Moses commanded us (B)to stone such women. So what do you say?” This they said (C)to test him, (D)that they might have some charge to bring against him. Jesus bent down and wrote with his finger on the ground. And as they continued to ask him, he stood up and said to them, (E)“Let him who is without sin among you (F)be the first to throw a stone at her.”

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