Daily Reading for Personal Growth, 40 Days with God

A woman is caught in adultery. Christ delivers her. The freedom of those who follow Christ. They accuse him of having the devil with him, and go about to stone him.

8 And Jesus went to the Mount of Olives, ² and early in the morning came again into the temple. And all the people came to him, and he sat down and taught them. ³ And the scribes and Pharisees brought to him a woman caught in adultery, and set her in the midst, ⁴ and said to him, Teacher, this woman was caught in adultery, even in the act. ⁵ Moses in the law commanded us that such should be stoned. What therefore do you say?

⁶ And they said this to bait him, to have something to accuse him of.

Jesus stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground. ⁷ And while they continued asking him, he lifted himself up and said to them, Let him who is without sin among you, cast the first stone at her. ⁸ And again he stooped down and wrote on the ground.

⁹ And as soon as they heard that, they went out one by one, the eldest first. And Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the centre. ¹⁰ When Jesus lifted up himself again and saw no one but the woman, he said to her, Woman, where are they, your accusers? Has no one condemned you? ¹¹ She said, No one, Lord. And Jesus said, Neither do I condemn you. Go, and sin no more.

¹² Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, I am the light of the world. He who follows me shall not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life. ¹³ The Pharisees said to him, You bear witness of yourself; your witness is not true.

¹⁴ Jesus answered and said to them, Though I bear witness of myself, yet my witness is true, for I know where I came from and where I am going. But you do not know where I come from or where I am going. ¹⁵ You judge after the flesh. I judge no one; ¹⁶ and yet if I do judge, my judgment is true. For I am not alone, but it is I and the Father who sent me. ¹⁷ It is also written in your law that the testimony of two men is true. ¹⁸ I am one who bears witness of myself, and the Father who sent me bears witness of me.

¹⁹ Then they said to him, Where is your father?

Jesus answered, You know neither me, nor yet my Father. If you had known me, you would have known my Father also.