NARRATOR 1: Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. At daybreak he reappeared in the temple area. When the people started coming to him, he sat down and began to teach them. Some scribes and Pharisees led a woman forward who had been caught in adultery. They made her stand there in front of everyone.
PHARISEES: Teacher, this woman has been caught in the act of adultery. In the law, Moses commanded such women to be stoned. What do you have to say about the case?
NARRATOR 2: They were posing this question to try him, so that they could have something to accuse him of.
NARRATOR 1: Jesus simply bent down and started writing on the ground with his finger. When they persisted in their questioning, he stood up and said to them.
JESUS: Let the sinless one among you cast the first stone at her.
NARRATOR 2: Again Jesus bent down and wrote on the ground. The accusers drifted away one by one, beginning with the elders. This left Jesus alone with the woman, standing before him.
JESUS: Woman, where are they all? Has no one condemned you?
WOMAN: No one, sir.
JESUS: Nor do I condemn you. You may go. But from now on, sin no more.
John 8.1-11
Sunday Readings: Isaiah 43.16-21; Philippians 3.8-14; John 8.1-11