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March 21st
Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. But early in the morning he arrived again in the temple area,
and all the people started coming to him, and he sat down and taught them. Then the scribes
and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in adultery and made her stand in
the middle. They said to him, “Teacher, this woman was caught in the very act of committing
adultery. Now in the law, Moses commanded us to stone such women. So what do you say?”
They said this to test him, so that they could have some charge to bring against him. Jesus
bent down and began to write on the ground with his finger. But when they continued asking him,
he straightened up and said to them, “Let the one among you who is without sin be the first
to throw a stone at her.” Again he bent down and wrote on the ground. And in response, they
went away one by one, beginning with the elders. So he was left alone with the woman before
him. Then Jesus straightened up and said to her, “Woman, where are they? Has no one
condemned you?” She replied, “No one, sir.” Then Jesus said, “Neither do I condemn you.
Go, and from now on do not sin any more.”
John 8:1-11
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