³ The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman taken in adultery. Having set her in the midst,

⁴ they told him, "Teacher, we found this woman in adultery, in the very act.

^{5 Ref} Now in our law, Moses commanded us to stone such. What then do you say about her?"

^{6 Ref} They said this testing him, that they might have something to accuse him of. But Jesus stooped down, and wrote on the ground with his finger.

^{7 Ref} But when they continued asking him, he looked up and said to them, "He who is without sin among you, let him throw the first stone at her."

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

^{9 Ref} They, when they heard it, being convicted by their conscience, went out one by one, beginning from the oldest, even to the last. Jesus was left alone with the woman where she was, in the middle.

^{10 Ref} Jesus, standing up, saw her and said, "Woman, where are your accusers? Did no one condemn you?"

^{11 Ref} She said, "No one, Lord." Jesus said, "Neither do I condemn you. Go your way. From now on, sin no more."

^{12 Ref} Again, therefore, Jesus spoke to them, saying, "I am the light of the world. He who follows me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life."

^{13 Ref} The Pharisees therefore said to him, "You testify about yourself. Your testimony is not valid."

^{14 Ref} Jesus answered them, "Even if I testify about myself, my testimony is true, for I know where I came from, and where I am going; but you don't know where I came from, or where I am going.

^{15 Ref} You judge according to the flesh. I judge no one.

^{16 Ref} Even if I do judge, my judgment is true, for I am not alone, but I am with the Father who sent me.

^{17 Ref} It's also written in your law that the testimony of two people is valid.

^{18 Ref} I am one who testifies about myself, and the Father who sent me testifies about me."

^{19 Ref} They said therefore to him, "Where is your Father?" Jesus answered, "You know neither me, nor my Father. If you knew me, you would know my Father also."

^{20 Ref} Jesus spoke these words in the treasury, as he taught in the temple. Yet no one arrested him, because his hour had not yet come.