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But Jesus went to the Mount of Olives .

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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.

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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

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and said to Jesus, "Teacher, this woman was caught in the act of adultery.

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In the Law Moses commanded us to stone such women. Now what do you say?"

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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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When they kept on questioning him, he straightened up and said to them, "If any one of you is without sin, let him be the first to throw a stone at her."

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Again he stooped down and wrote on the ground.

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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.

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Jesus straightened up and asked her, "Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?"

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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."