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But Jesus, bending low, wrote with his finger on the ground, paying no attention to them.

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And when they continued to question him, he lifted himself up, and said to them, "Whosoever is without sin among you, let him be the first to cast a stone upon her."

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And again, bending low, he wrote on the ground.

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And they, hearing this, and being rebuked by their conscience, began to depart one by one, from the eldest to the last;

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and only Jesus remained, and the woman standing in the middle. Jesus, having risen up and seeing no one but the woman, said to her, "Woman! Where are your accusers? Has no one condemned you?

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She answered: "No one, Lord! Jesus said to her, "Neither do I condemn you;

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go and sin no more.

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Again Jesus spoke to the people, and said to them, I am the light of the world;

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whoever follows me will not walk in darkness;

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but will have the light of life.

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Then the Pharisees said to Him, "Thou bearest witness of Thyself, Thy testimony is not true." Jesus answered and said to them, "If I bear witness of myself, my testimony is true;

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for I know whence I came

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and whither I go;

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but you do not know whence I am and whither I am going.