World English Bible
"Now in our law, Moses commanded us to stone such. What then do you say about her?""
— John 8:5, World English Bible
“Now Moses in the law commanded us, that such should be stoned: but what sayest thou?”
“Now in the law Moses commanded us to stone such: what then sayest thou of her? ”
“In the law Moses commanded us to stone to death such women. What then do you say?””
“Now Moses in the law commanded us to stone such a one. But what sayest thou?”
“Now in the law Moses gave directions that such women were to be stoned; what do you say about it?”
“Now Moses in the law commanded us, that such should be stoned: but what sayest thou?”
Now very early in the morning, he came again into the temple, and all the people came to him. He sat down, and taught them.
The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman taken in adultery. Having set her in the midst,
they told him, "Teacher, we found this woman in adultery, in the very act.
Now in our law, Moses commanded us to stone such. What then do you say about her?"
They said this testing him, that they might have something to accuse him of. But Jesus stooped down, and wrote on the ground with his finger.
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."
Again he stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground.