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but Jesus went unto the mount of Olives.
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And early in the morning he came again into the temple, and all the people came unto him; and he sat down, and taught them.
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And the scribes and the Pharisees bring a woman taken in adultery; and having set her in the midst,
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they say unto him, Teacher, this woman hath been taken in adultery, in the very act.
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Now in the law Moses commanded us to stone such: what then sayest thou of her?
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And this they said, trying him, that they might have [whereof] to accuse him. But Jesus stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground.
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But when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said unto them,
He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her.
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And again he stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground.
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And they, when they heard it, went out one by one, beginning from the eldest, [even] unto the last: and Jesus was left alone, and the woman, where she was, in the midst.