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John

Temple Officers and the Adulterous Woman

John 7:45-8:11
45The servants therefore came to the high priests and the Pharisees and said to them, "Why did you not bring him?" 46The servants answered, "Never has a human spoken in this way." 47The Pharisees therefore answered them, "Have you also been led astray?" 48Not one of the rulers has trusted in him, nor any of the Pharisees. 49But this crowd that does not know the law is accursed. 50Nicodemus, who had come to him before and who was one of them, said to them, 51Does our law judge the human unless it first hears from him and knows what he does? 52They answered and said to him, "Are you also from Galilee? Search and see that no prophet arises from Galilee." 53And each went to his own house.
Chapter 8
1But Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. 2Early in the morning he came again into the temple, and all the people were coming to him; and sitting down, he taught them. 3Then the scribes and the Pharisees brought to him a woman caught in adultery, and standing her in the middle, 4they said to him, testing him, "Teacher, this woman was caught in the act, committing adultery." 5Now in the law Moses commanded us that such women be stoned. What then do you say? 6They said this to test him, so that they might have something to accuse him of. But Jesus bent down and wrote with his finger on the ground, as though not taking notice. 7But as they persisted in questioning him, he straightened up and said to them, "The sinless one among you, let him be the first to throw the stone at her." 8And again he bent down and wrote on the ground. 9But when they heard, and were convicted by conscience, they went out one by one, beginning from the older ones; and Jesus was left alone, with the woman in the middle. 10Then Jesus straightened up, and seeing no one except the woman, said to her, "Where are those accusers of yours? Did no one condemn you?" 11She said, "No one, Lord." And Jesus said, "Neither do I condemn you; go, and sin no longer."
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