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."