Copyright © 1998 - 2007, 2008 AlphaOmega Bookstore & Publisher All Rights Reserved 7As they persisted with their question, he straightened up and said, ‘Let the one among you who is guiltless be the first to throw a stone at her.’8Then he bent down and continued writing on the ground.9When they heard this they went away one by one, beginning with the eldest, until the last one had gone and Jesus was left alone with the woman, who remained in the middle.10Jesus again straightened up and said, ‘Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?’11‘No one, sir,’ she replied. ‘Neither do I condemn you,’ said Jesus. ‘Go away, and from this moment sin no more.’ The New Jerusalem Bible: Reader’s Edition, (New York: Doubleday.) 1990. |