KJV King James Version
So when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said unto them, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her.
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John 8:7
So when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said unto them, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
When they continued to question Him, He straightened up and said to them, “Let him who is without sin among you be the first to cast a stone at her.”
WEB World English Bible
But when they continued asking him, he looked up and said to them, “He who is without sin among you, let him throw the first stone at her.”
ASV American Standard Version
But when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said unto them, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and when they continued asking him, having bent himself back, he said unto them, ‘The sinless of you—let him first cast the stone at her;’
Surrounding context — John 8
4 They say unto him, Master, this woman was taken in adultery, in the very act.
5 Now Moses in the law commanded us, that such should be stoned: but what sayest thou?
6 This they said, tempting him, that they might have to accuse him. But Jesus stooped down, and with [his] finger wrote on the ground, [as though he heard them not].
7 So when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said unto them, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her.
8 And again he stooped down, and wrote on the ground.
9 And they which heard [it], being convicted by [their own] conscience, went out one by one, beginning at the eldest, [even] unto the last: and Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst.
10 When Jesus had lifted up himself, and saw none but the woman, he said unto her, Woman, where are those thine accusers? hath no man condemned thee?
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Matthew 7:1-5Judge not, that ye be not judged.Romans 2:21-25Thou therefore which teachest another, teachest thou not thyself? thou that preachest a man should not steal, dost thou steal?Romans 2:1-3Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest doest the same things.Deuteronomy 17:6-7At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, shall he that is worthy of death be put to death; [but] at the mouth of one witness he shall not be put to death.Matthew 23:25-28Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess.Hebrews 4:12-13For the word of God [is] quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and [is] a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.Colossians 4:6Let your speech [be] alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.Psalm 50:16-20But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or [that] thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth?Revelation 2:16Repent; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth.Proverbs 26:4-5Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.1 Corinthians 14:24-25But if all prophesy, and there come in one that believeth not, or [one] unlearned, he is convinced of all, he is judged of all:Revelation 19:15And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.Revelation 1:16And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth went a sharp twoedged sword: and his countenance [was] as the sun shineth in his strength.Jeremiah 23:29[Is] not my word like as a fire? saith the LORD; and like a hammer [that] breaketh the rock in pieces?Proverbs 12:18There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise [is] health.John 7:46The officers answered, Never man spake like this man.
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