John 8:6

New English Translation

(Now they were asking this in an attempt to trap him, so that they could bring charges against him.) Jesus bent down and wrote on the ground with his finger.

Cross References

Genesis 49:9

You are a lion’s cub, Judah, from the prey, my son, you have gone up. He crouches and lies down like a lion; like a lioness – who will rouse him?

Psalm 39:1

I decided, “I will watch what I say and make sure I do not sin with my tongue. I will put a muzzle over my mouth while in the presence of an evil man.”

Proverbs 26:17

Like one who grabs a wild dog by the ears, so is the person passing by who becomes furious over a quarrel not his own.

Ecclesiastes 3:7

A time to rip, and a time to sew; a time to keep silent, and a time to speak.

Jeremiah 17:13

You are the one in whom Israel may find hope. All who leave you will suffer shame. Those who turn away from you will be consigned to the nether world. For they have rejected you, the Lord, the fountain of life.

Daniel 5:5

At that very moment the fingers of a human hand appeared and wrote on the plaster of the royal palace wall, opposite the lampstand. The king was watching the back of the hand that was writing.

Amos 5:10

The Israelites hate anyone who arbitrates at the city gate; they despise anyone who speaks honestly.

Amos 5:13

For this reason whoever is smart keeps quiet in such a time, for it is an evil time.

Numbers 14:22

For all the people have seen my glory and my signs that I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and yet have tempted me now these ten times, and have not obeyed me,

Matthew 10:16

“I am sending you out like sheep surrounded by wolves, so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves.

Matthew 15:23

But he did not answer her a word. Then his disciples came and begged him, “Send her away, because she keeps on crying out after us.”

Matthew 16:1

Now when the Pharisees and Sadducees came to test Jesus, they asked him to show them a sign from heaven.

Matthew 19:3

Then some Pharisees came to him in order to test him. They asked, “Is it lawful to divorce a wife for any cause?”

Matthew 22:18

But Jesus realized their evil intentions and said, “Hypocrites! Why are you testing me?

Matthew 22:35

And one of them, an expert in religious law, asked him a question to test him:

Matthew 26:63

But Jesus was silent. The high priest said to him, “I charge you under oath by the living God, tell us if you are the Christ, the Son of God.”

Mark 10:2

Then some Pharisees came, and to test him they asked, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?”

Mark 12:15

But he saw through their hypocrisy and said to them, “Why are you testing me? Bring me a denarius and let me look at it.”

Mark 3:2

They watched Jesus closely to see if he would heal him on the Sabbath, so that they could accuse him.

Mark 8:11

Then the Pharisees came and began to argue with Jesus, asking for a sign from heaven to test him.

Luke 10:25

Now an expert in religious law stood up to test Jesus, saying, “Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?”

Luke 11:16

Others, to test him, began asking for a sign from heaven.

John 8:2

Early in the morning he came to the temple courts again. All the people came to him, and he sat down and began to teach them.

1 Corinthians 10:9

And let us not put Christ to the test, as some of them did, and were destroyed by snakes.