3 Now the scribes and Pharisees brought forward a woman caught in adultery, and they stood her in front of them.
4 And they said to him: "Teacher, this woman was just now caught in adultery.
5 And in the law, Moses commanded us to stone such a one. Therefore, what do you say?"
6 But they were saying this to test him, so that they might be able to accuse him. Then Jesus bent down and wrote with his finger on the earth.
7 And then, when they persevered in questioning him, he stood upright and said to them, "Let whoever is without sin among you be the first to cast a stone at her."
8 And bending down again, he wrote on the earth.
9 But upon hearing this, they went away, one by one, beginning with the eldest. And Jesus alone remained, with the woman standing in front of him.