1 Jesus, however, went to the Mount of Olives.
2 At daybreak he appeared again in the temple, and all the people came to him. So he sat down and began to teach them.
3 But the scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in adultery. After setting her before them,
4 they said to him, "Teacher, this woman has been caught in the very act of adultery.
5 Now in the law, Moses commanded us to stone such women to death. What do you say?"
6 They said this to test him, so that they might have a charge against him. But Jesus bent down and began to write on the ground with his finger.
7 When they persisted in questioning him, he straightened up and said to them,"Let the person among you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her."
8 Then he bent down again and continued writing on the ground.
9 When they heard this, they went away one by one, beginning with the oldest, and he was left alone with the woman standing there.
10 Then Jesus stood up and said to her,"Woman, where are your accusers?Hasn't anyone condemned you?"
11 She said, "No one, sir."Then Jesus said,"I don't condemn you either. Go home, and from now on do not sin any more."