When they kept on questioning him, he straightened up and said to them, “Let any one of you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone(A) at her.”(B) Again he stooped down and wrote on the ground.

At this, those who heard began to go away one at a time, the older ones first, until only Jesus was left, with the woman still standing there. 10 Jesus straightened up and asked her, “Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?”

11 “No one, sir,” she said.

“Then neither do I condemn you,”(C) Jesus declared. “Go now and leave your life of sin.”(D)


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So when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said unto them, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her.

And again he stooped down, and wrote on the ground.

And they which heard it, being convicted by their own conscience, went out one by one, beginning at the eldest, even unto the last: and Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst.

10 When Jesus had lifted up himself, and saw none but the woman, he said unto her, Woman, where are those thine accusers? hath no man condemned thee?

11 She said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said unto her, Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more.

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So when they continued asking Him, He [a]raised Himself up and said to them, (A)“He who is without sin among you, let him throw a stone at her first.” And again He stooped down and wrote on the ground. Then those who heard it, (B)being[b] convicted by their conscience, went out one by one, beginning with the oldest even to the last. And Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst. 10 When Jesus had raised Himself up [c]and saw no one but the woman, He said to her, “Woman, where are those accusers [d]of yours? Has no one condemned you?”

11 She said, “No one, Lord.”

And Jesus said to her, (C)“Neither do I condemn you; go [e]and (D)sin no more.”

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Footnotes

  1. John 8:7 M He looked up
  2. John 8:9 NU, M omit being convicted by their conscience
  3. John 8:10 NU omits and saw no one but the woman; M He saw her and said,
  4. John 8:10 NU, M omit of yours
  5. John 8:11 NU, M add from now on