World English Bible
John 8:6
“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.”
Verse in context — John 8
4
they told him, "Teacher, we found this woman in adultery, in the very act.
5
Now in our law, Moses commanded us to stone such. What then do you say about her?
6
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
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.
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