The law of Moses says to stone her. What do you say?”
For their enemies will stone them and kill them with swords. They will butcher their sons and daughters and burn their homes.
“If a man commits adultery with his neighbor’s wife, both the man and the woman who have committed adultery must be put to death.
Joseph, to whom she was engaged, was a righteous man and did not want to disgrace her publicly, so he decided to break the engagement quietly.
“Don’t misunderstand why I have come. I did not come to abolish the law of Moses or the writings of the prophets. No, I came to accomplish their purpose.
“Teacher,” they said to Jesus, “this woman was caught in the act of adultery.