Now in our law, Moses commanded us to stone such women.† What then do you say about her?”
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
John 8:5 in context
John 8:2–8
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Now very early in the morning, he came again into the temple, and all the people came to him. He sat down and taught them.
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they told him, “Teacher, we found this woman in adultery, in the very act.
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Now in our law, Moses commanded us to stone such women.† What then do you say about her?”
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They said this testing him, that they might have something to accuse him of.
But Jesus stooped down and wrote on the ground with his finger.
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But when they continued asking him, he looked up and said to them, “He who is without sin among you, let him throw the first stone at her.”
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Again he stooped down and wrote on the ground with his finger.
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