1 But Jesus went to the Mount of Olives.
2 Now early in the morning he came again to the temple courts. And all the people were coming, and he sat down and began to teach them.
3 Now the scribes and the Pharisees brought to him a woman caught in adultery. And standing her in their midst,
4 they said to him, testing him, “Teacher, this woman was caught in the very act of committing adultery!
5 Now in the law, Moses commanded us to stone such women. So what do you say?”
6 (Now they were saying this to test him, so that they would have an occasion to bring charges against him.) But Jesus, bending down, began to write with his finger on the ground, taking no notice.
7 And when they persisted in asking him, straightening up he said to them, “The one of you without sin, let him throw the first stone at her!”