John 8:1-14 ▼

1 Iesus went vnto mout Oliuete.

2 And early in the mornyng he came agayne into the temple, and all the people came vnto hym, & he sate downe and taught them.

3 And the scribes and pharisees brought vnto hym a woman taken in adulterie, & when they had set her in the middes,

4 They sayde vnto hym: Maister, this woman was taken in adulterie, euen as the deede was a doyng.

5 Moyses in the lawe commaunded vs that suche shoulde be stoned: But what sayest thou?

6 This they sayde to tempte hym, that they myght accuse hym. But Iesus stowped downe, and with his fynger wrote on the grounde.

7 So, when they continued asking him, he lyft vp hym selfe, & sayde vnto them: Let hym that is among you without sinne, caste the first stone at her.

8 And agayne he stowped downe, and wrote on the grounde.

9 And when they hearde this, beyng accused of their owne consciences, they went out one by one, begynnyng at the eldest, euen vnto the last: and Iesus was left alone, & the woman standyng in the myddes.

10 When Iesus had lyft vp hym selfe, & sawe no man but the woman, he sayde vnto her: Woma where are those thine accusers? Hath no man condempned thee?

11 She sayde, No man Lorde. And Iesus sayde, Neither do I condempne thee: Go, and sinne no more.

12 Then spake Iesus agayne vnto them, saying, I am the light of ye world: He that foloweth me, doth not walke in darknesse, but shal haue the light of life.

13 The pharisees therfore said vnto him: Thou bearest recorde of thy selfe, thy recorde is not true.

14 Iesus aunswered, & saide vnto them: Though I beare recorde of my selfe, yet my recorde is true. For I knowe whence I came, & whyther I go: But ye can not tel whence I come, and whyther I go.