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Early in the morning He came again into the temple, and all the people were coming to Him; and (A)He sat down and began to teach them. The scribes and the Pharisees *brought a woman caught in adultery, and having set her in the center of the court, they *said to Him, “Teacher, this woman has been caught in adultery, in the very act. Now in the Law (B)Moses commanded us to stone such women; what then do You say?” They were saying this, (C)testing Him, (D)so that they might have evidence to accuse Him. But Jesus stooped down and with His finger wrote on the ground. But when they persisted in asking Him, (E)He straightened up and said to them, (F)Let him who is without sin among you be the (G)first to throw a stone at her.” Again He stooped down and wrote on the ground. When they heard it, they began to go out one by one, beginning with the older ones, and He was left alone, and the woman, where she was, in the center of the court. 10 (H)Straightening up, Jesus said to her, “Woman, where are they? Did no one condemn you?” 11 She said, “No one, [a]Lord.” And Jesus said, (I)I do not condemn you, either. Go, and from now on (J)sin no more.”]

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  1. John 8:11 Or Sir

Early in the morning, he came back into the temple courts. And all the people kept coming to him. He sat down and taught them.

Then the scribes and Pharisees brought a woman caught in adultery and had her stand in the center. “Teacher,” they said to him, “this woman was caught in the act of committing adultery. In the Law, Moses commanded us to stone such women. So what do you say?” They asked this to test him, so that they might have evidence to accuse him.

Jesus bent down and started writing on the ground with his finger. But when they kept on asking him for an answer, he stood up and said to them, “Let the one among you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her.” Then he stooped down again and wrote on the ground.

When they heard this, they went away one by one, beginning with the older men. Jesus was left alone with the woman in the center. 10 Jesus stood up and said to her, “Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?”

11 “No one, Lord,” she answered.

Then Jesus said, “Neither do I condemn you. Go, and from now on do not sin anymore.”

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