John 8:6

New Century Version

They were asking this to trick Jesus so that they could have some charge against him. But Jesus bent over and started writing on the ground with his finger.

Cross References

Genesis 49:9

Judah is like a young lion. You have returned from killing, my son. Like a lion, he stretches out and lies down to rest, and no one is brave enough to wake him.

Psalm 39:1

I said, “I will be careful how I act and will not sin by what I say. I will be careful what I say around wicked people.”

Proverbs 26:17

Interfering in someone else’s quarrel as you pass by is like grabbing a dog by the ears.

Ecclesiastes 3:7

There is a time to tear apart and a time to sew together. There is a time to be silent and a time to speak.

Jeremiah 17:13

Lord, hope of Israel, those who leave you will be shamed. People who quit following the Lord will be like a name written in the dust, because they have left the Lord, the spring of living water.

Daniel 5:5

Suddenly the fingers of a person’s hand appeared and began writing on the plaster of the wall, near the lampstand in the royal palace. The king watched the hand as it wrote.

Amos 5:10

You hate those who speak in court against evil, and you can’t stand those who tell the truth.

Amos 5:13

In such times the wise person will keep quiet, because it is a bad time.

Numbers 14:22

All these people saw my glory and the miracles I did in Egypt and in the desert, but they disobeyed me and tested me ten times.

Matthew 10:16

“Listen, I am sending you out like sheep among wolves. So be as clever as snakes and as innocent as doves.

Matthew 15:23

But Jesus did not answer the woman. So his followers came to Jesus and begged him, “Tell the woman to go away. She is following us and shouting.”

Matthew 16:1

The Pharisees and Sadducees came to Jesus, wanting to trick him. So they asked him to show them a miracle from God.

Matthew 19:3

Some Pharisees came to Jesus and tried to trick him. They asked, “Is it right for a man to divorce his wife for any reason he chooses?”

Matthew 22:18

But knowing that these leaders were trying to trick him, Jesus said, “You hypocrites! Why are you trying to trap me?

Matthew 22:35

One Pharisee, who was an expert on the law of Moses, asked Jesus this question to test him:

Matthew 26:63

But Jesus said nothing. Again the high priest said to Jesus, “I command you by the power of the living God: Tell us if you are the Christ, the Son of God.”

Mark 10:2

Some Pharisees came to Jesus and tried to trick him. They asked, “Is it right for a man to divorce his wife?”

Mark 12:15

Should we pay them, or not?” But knowing what these men were really trying to do, Jesus said to them, “Why are you trying to trap me? Bring me a coin to look at.”

Mark 3:2

Some people watched Jesus closely to see if he would heal the man on the Sabbath day so they could accuse him.

Mark 8:11

The Pharisees came to Jesus and began to ask him questions. Hoping to trap him, they asked Jesus for a miracle from God.

Luke 10:25

Then an expert on the law stood up to test Jesus, saying, “Teacher, what must I do to get life forever?”

Luke 11:16

Other people, wanting to test Jesus, asked him to give them a sign from heaven.

John 8:2

But early in the morning he went back to the Temple, and all the people came to him, and he sat and taught them.

1 Corinthians 10:9

We must not test Christ as some of them did; they were killed by snakes.