Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

⁵³ And every man went to his own house.

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.