Catholic Public Domain Version
"But they were saying this to test him, so that they might be able to accuse him. Then Jesus bent down and wrote with his finger on the earth. "
— John 8:6, Catholic Public Domain Version
“This they said, tempting him, that they might have to accuse him. But Jesus stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground, as though he heard them not.”
“And this they said, trying him, that they might have whereof to accuse him. But Jesus stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground. ”
“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.”
“(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.”
“And this they said tempting him, that they might accuse him. But Jesus bowing himself down, wrote with his finger on the ground.”
“They said this, testing him, so that they might have something against him. But Jesus, with his head bent down, made letters on the floor with his finger.”
“This they said, tempting him, that they might have to accuse him. But Jesus stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground, as though he heard them not.”
Now the scribes and Pharisees brought forward a woman caught in adultery, and they stood her in front of them.
And they said to him: “Teacher, this woman was just now caught in adultery.
And in the law, Moses commanded us to stone such a one. Therefore, what do you say?”
But they were saying this to test him, so that they might be able to accuse him. Then Jesus bent down and wrote with his finger on the earth.
And then, when they persevered in questioning him, he stood upright and said to them, “Let whoever is without sin among you be the first to cast a stone at her.”
And bending down again, he wrote on the earth.
But upon hearing this, they went away, one by one, beginning with the eldest. And Jesus alone remained, with the woman standing in front of him.