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1 but Jesus went to the Mount of Olives.
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but Jesus went to the Mount of Olives.
2 Early in the morning he came again to the temple. All the people came to him, and he sat down and taught them.
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At dawn he appeared again in the temple courts, where all the people gathered around him, and he sat down to teach them.
3 The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in adultery, and placing her in the midst
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The teachers of the law and the Pharisees brought in a woman caught in adultery. They made her stand before the group
4 they said to him, "Teacher, this woman has been caught in the act of adultery.
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and said to Jesus, “Teacher, this woman was caught in the act of adultery.
5 Now in the Law Moses commanded us to stone such women. So what do you say?"
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In the Law Moses commanded us to stone such women. Now what do you say?”
6 This they said to test him, that they might have some charge to bring against him. Jesus bent down and wrote with his finger on the ground.
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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.
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