John 8:7

and when they continued asking Him, having bent Himself back, He said to them, “The sinless of you—let him cast the first stone at her”;

Literal Standard Version

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, trying Him, that they might have to accuse Him. And Jesus, having stooped down, with the finger He was writing on the ground,

8and again having stooped down, He was writing on the ground,

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Cross References

Psalms 50:16And to the wicked God has said: What to you—to recount My statutes? That you lift up My covenant on your mouth?

Proverbs 26:4Do not answer a fool according to his folly, || Lest you are like to him—even you.

Matthew 7:1“Do not judge, that you may not be judged,

John 7:46The officers answered, “Never so spoke man—as this Man.”

Romans 2:21You, then, who are teaching another, do you not teach yourself?

Colossians 4:6your word always being seasoned with salt in grace—to know how it is necessary for you to answer each one.

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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