4. They said to him, "Teacher! this woman was taken in adultery;

5. And Moses in the law commanded us to stone such people: What do you say?

6. And they said these things, tempting him, that they might find something to accuse him. But Jesus, bending low, wrote with his finger on the ground, paying no attention to them.

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

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

9. And when they heard this, and were rebuked by their conscience, they began to depart, one by one, from the elder to the last; and only Jesus remained, and the woman standing in the middle.

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

11. She answered, "No one, Lord." Jesus said to her, "Neither do I condemn you; go and sin no more.

12. Again Jesus spoke to the people and said to them, "I am the light of the world; whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.

13. Then the Pharisees said to him, "You bear witness to yourself, your testimony is not true."

14. Jesus answered and said to them, "If I testify of myself, my testimony is true; for I know whence I came, and whither I am going; but you do not know whence I am and whither I am going.

15. You judge according to the flesh; I don't judge anyone.

16. And if I judge, my judgment is true, because I am not alone, but I am also the Father who sent me.

17. And it is written in your law that the testimony of two men is true.