John 8:2 NIV
At dawn he appeared again in the temple courts, where all the people gathered around him, and he sat down to TEACH them.
John 8:3 NIV
The teachers of the law and the Pharisees brought in a woman CAUGHT in adultery. They MADE HER stand before the group
John 8:4 NIV
and they said to Jesus, “Teacher, this woman was caught in the act of adultery.
John 8:5 NIV
In the Law Moses commanded us to stone such women. Now what do you say?”
Leviticus 20:10 NIV
“‘If a man commits adultery with another man’s wife—with the wife of his neighbor—both the adulterer and the adulteress are to be put to death.
John 8:6 NIV
They were using this question as a trap, in order to have a basis for accusing him. But Jesus bent down and started to write on the ground with his finger.
John 8:7 NIV
When they kept on questioning him, he straightened up and said to them, “If any one of you is without sin, let him be the first to throw a stone at her.”
John 8:8 NIV
again he stooped down and wrote on the ground.
John 8:9 NIV
At this, those who heard began to go away one at a time, the older ones first, until only Jesus was left, with the woman still standing there.
John 8:10 NIV
Jesus straightened up and asked her, “Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?”
John 8:11 NIV
“No one, sir,” Jesus went on to say “then neither do I condemn you go now and leave your life of sin.”
Titus 2:11&12 ESV
For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people, training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age.
John 8:12 NIV
When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”
