John 8:7

When therefore they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said to them: He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

So 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.

In Context

6And this they said tempting him, that they might accuse him. But Jesus bowing himself down, wrote with his finger on the ground.

8And again stooping down, he wrote on the ground.

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Cross References

Psalms 50:16But to the sinner God hath said: Why dost thou declare my justices, and take my covenant in thy mouth ?

Proverbs 26:4Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou be made like him.

Matthew 7:1Judge not, that you may not be judged,

John 7:46The ministers answered: Never did man speak like this man.

Romans 2:21Thou therefore that teachest another, teachest not thyself: thou that preachest that men should not steal, stealest:

Colossians 4:6Let your speech be always in grace seasoned with salt: that you may know how you ought to answer every man.

Matthew Henry on John 8:2-12

The Woman Taken in Adultery. 1 Jesus went unto the mount of Olives. 2 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. 3 And the scribes and Pharisees brought unto him a woman taken in adultery; and when they had set her in the midst, 4 They say unto him, Master, this woman was taken in adultery, in the very act. 5 Now Moses in the law commanded us, that such should be stoned: but what sayest thou? 6 This they said, tempting him, that they… Read the whole commentary →

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