John 8:2-11
Christian Standard Bible
An Adulteress Forgiven
2 At dawn he went to the temple(A) again, and all the people were coming to him.(B) He sat down(C) and began to teach them.
3 Then the scribes and the Pharisees(D) brought a woman caught in adultery,(E) making her stand in the center. 4 “Teacher,” they said to him, “this woman was caught in the act of committing adultery.(F) 5 In the law Moses(G) commanded us to stone such women.(H) So what do you say?” 6 They asked this to trap him,(I) 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(J) among you(K) should be the first to throw a stone at her.”(L) 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,”(M) said Jesus. “Go, and from now on do not sin anymore.”]
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- 8:11 Or Sir; Jn 4:15,49; 5:7; 6:34; 9:36
John 8:2-11
New Living Translation
2 but early the next morning he was back again at the Temple. A crowd soon gathered, and he sat down and taught them. 3 As he was speaking, the teachers of religious law and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in the act of adultery. They put her in front of the crowd.
4 “Teacher,” they said to Jesus, “this woman was caught in the act of adultery. 5 The law of Moses says to stone her. What do you say?”
6 They were trying to trap him into saying something they could use against him, but Jesus stooped down and wrote in the dust with his finger. 7 They kept demanding an answer, so he stood up again and said, “All right, but let the one who has never sinned throw the first stone!” 8 Then he stooped down again and wrote in the dust.
9 When the accusers heard this, they slipped away one by one, beginning with the oldest, until only Jesus was left in the middle of the crowd with the woman. 10 Then Jesus stood up again and said to the woman, “Where are your accusers? Didn’t even one of them condemn you?”
11 “No, Lord,” she said.
And Jesus said, “Neither do I. Go and sin no more.”
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