John 8:2-8

²Early in the morning he came to the temple again, and all the people came; he sat down and taught them.

³The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman caught in the act of adultery. They placed her in the middle.

⁴Then they said to him, “Teacher, this woman has been caught in the act of adultery.

⁵Now in the law, Moses commanded us to stone such people; what do you say about her?”

⁶They said this in order to trap him so that they might have something to accuse him about, but Jesus bent down and wrote on the ground with his finger.

⁷When they continued asking him questions, he stood up and said to them, “The one among you who has no sin, let him be the first to throw a stone at her.”

⁸Again he stooped down, and wrote on the ground with his finger.