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[Then everyone went home, but Jesus went to the Mount of Olives.
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Early the next morning he went back to the Temple. All the people gathered around him, and he sat down and began to teach them.
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The teachers of the Law and the Pharisees brought in a woman who had been caught committing adultery, and they made her stand before them all.
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"Teacher," they said to Jesus, "this woman was caught in the very act of committing adultery.
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In our Law Moses commanded that such a woman must be stoned to death. Now, what do you say?" 1
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They said this to trap Jesus, so that they could accuse him. But he bent over and wrote on the ground with his finger.
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As they stood there asking him questions, he straightened up and said to them, "Whichever one of you has committed no sin may throw the first stone at her." 2
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Then he bent over again and wrote on the ground.