² Early in the morning He returned to the temple. All the people came to Him, and He sat down and taught them. ³ The scribes and Pharisees brought a woman caught in adultery. When they had put her in the middle, ⁴ they said to Him, “Teacher, this woman was caught in the very act of adultery. ⁵ Now Moses in the law commanded us to stone such, but what do You say?” ⁶ They said this, testing Him, that they might have something of which to accuse Him.

But Jesus stooped down and wrote on the ground with His finger, as though He did not hear them. ⁷ So when they continued asking Him, He stood up and said to them, “Let him who is without sin among you be the first to throw a stone at her.” ⁸ Again He stooped down and wrote on the ground.

⁹ Being convicted by their conscience, those who heard it went out one by one, beginning with the eldest even to the last. Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst. ¹⁰ When Jesus had stood up and saw no one but the woman, He said to her, “Woman, where are your accusers? Did no one condemn you?”

¹¹ She said, “No one, Lord.”

Jesus said to her, “Neither do I condemn you. Go and sin no more.”