John 8:5

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In the Law Moses commanded us to stone such women. Now what do you say?”

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“ ‘If a man commits adultery with another man’s wife—with the wife of his neighbor—both the adulterer and the adulteress are to be put to death.

“Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them.

The mob will stone them and cut them down with their swords; they will kill their sons and daughters and burn down their houses.

Because Joseph her husband was faithful to the law, and yet did not want to expose her to public disgrace, he had in mind to divorce her quietly.

and said to Jesus, “Teacher, this woman was caught in the act of adultery.