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1 Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. 2 Early the next morning he returned to the temple courtyard. All the people went to him, so he sat down and began to teach them. 3 The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught committing adultery. They made her stand in front of everyone 4 and asked Jesus, |Teacher, we caught this woman in the act of adultery. 5 In his teachings, Moses ordered us to stone women like this to death. What do you say?| 6 They asked this to test him. They wanted to find a reason to bring charges against him. Jesus bent down and used his finger to write on the ground. 7 When they persisted in asking him questions, he straightened up and said, |The person who is sinless should be the first to throw a stone at her.| 8 Then he bent down again and continued writing on the ground. John 8:1-8, God's Word Translation. Copyright © 1995 by God's Word to the Nations.
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