1. But Jesus went to the Mount of Olives.
2. At sunrise he arrived in the temple courtyard again. All the people gathered around him there. He sat down to teach them.
3. The teachers of the law and the Pharisees brought in a woman. She had been caught in adultery. They made her stand in front of the group.
4. They said to Jesus, "Teacher, this woman was caught having sex with a man who was not her husband.
5. In the Law, Moses commanded us to kill such women by throwing stones at them. Now what do you say?"
6. They were trying to trap Jesus with that question. They wanted to have a reason to bring charges against him. But Jesus bent down and started to write on the ground with his finger.
7. They kept asking him questions. So he stood up and said to them, "Has any one of you not sinned? Then you be the first to throw a stone at her."
8. He bent down again and wrote on the ground.
9. Those who heard what he had said began to go away. They left one at a time, the older ones first. Soon only Jesus was left. The woman was still standing there.
10. Jesus stood up and asked her, "Woman, where are they? Hasn't anyone found you guilty?"
11. "No one, sir," she said. "Then I don't find you guilty either," Jesus said. "Go now and leave your life of sin."
12. Jesus spoke to the people again. He said, "I am the light of the world. Those who follow me will never walk in darkness. They will have the light that leads to life."
13. The Pharisees argued with him. "Here you are," they said, "appearing as your own witness. But your witness does not count."
14. Jesus answered, "Even if I give witness about myself, my witness does count. I know where I came from. And I know where I am going. But you have no idea where I come from or where I am going.