Gospel

John 7:53-8:11 (NRSV)

53Then each of them went home,

while Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. 2Early in the morning he came again to the temple. All the
people came to him and he sat down and began to teach them. 3The scribes and the Pharisees brought a
woman who had been caught in adultery; and making her stand before all of them, 4they said to him,
'Teacher, this woman was caught in the very act of committing adultery. 5Now in the law Moses commanded
us to stone such women. Now what do you say?' 6They said this to test him, so that they might have some
charge to bring against him. Jesus bent down and wrote with his finger on the ground. 7When they kept on
questioning him, he straightened up and said to them, 'Let anyone among you who is without sin be the first
to throw a stone at her.' 8And once again he bent down and wrote on the ground. 9When they heard it, they
went away, one by one, beginning with the elders; and Jesus was left alone with the woman standing before
him. 10Jesus straightened up and said to her, 'Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?' 11She
said, 'No one, sir.' And Jesus said, 'Neither do I condemn you. Go your way, and from now on do not sin
again.'

The Word of the Lord.

Thanks be to God.