King James Version (KJV)
John 8:6
“This they said, tempting him, that they might have to accuse him. But Jesus stooped down, and with [his] finger wrote on the ground, [as though he heard them not].”
Verse in context — John 8
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 might have to accuse him. But Jesus stooped down, and with [his] finger wrote on the ground, [as though he heard them not].
7
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.›
8
And again he stooped down, and wrote on the ground.
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