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7 They kept demanding an answer, so he stood up again and said, “All right, but let the one who has never sinned throw the first stone!”
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When they kept on questioning him, he straightened up and said to them, “Let any one of you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her.”
8 Then he stooped down again and wrote in the dust.
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Again he stooped down and wrote on the ground.
9 When the accusers heard this, they slipped away one by one, beginning with the oldest, until only Jesus was left in the middle of the crowd with the woman.
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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.
10 Then Jesus stood up again and said to the woman, “Where are your accusers? Didn’t even one of them condemn you?”
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Jesus straightened up and asked her, “Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?”
11 “No, Lord,” she said. And Jesus said, “Neither do I. Go and sin no more.” ----------
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“No one, sir,” she said. “Then neither do I condemn you,” Jesus declared. “Go now and leave your life of sin.”
12 Jesus spoke to the people once more and said, “I am the light of the world. If you follow me, you won’t have to walk in darkness, because you will have the light that leads to life.”
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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.”
13 The Pharisees replied, “You are making those claims about yourself! Such testimony is not valid.”
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The Pharisees challenged him, “Here you are, appearing as your own witness; your testimony is not valid.”
14 Jesus told them, “These claims are valid even though I make them about myself. For I know where I came from and where I am going, but you don’t know this about me.
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Jesus answered, “Even if I testify on my own behalf, my testimony is valid, for I know where I came from and where I am going. But you have no idea where I come from or where I am going.
15 You judge me by human standards, but I do not judge anyone.
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You judge by human standards; I pass judgment on no one.
16 And if I did, my judgment would be correct in every respect because I am not alone. The Father who sent me is with me.
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But if I do judge, my decisions are true, because I am not alone. I stand with the Father, who sent me.
17 Your own law says that if two people agree about something, their witness is accepted as fact.
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In your own Law it is written that the testimony of two witnesses is true.
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