But they could not demure

Nor silence

The Spirit of conviction.

"Then the scribes

And Pharisees

Brought to Him a woman

Caught in adultery.

And when they had

Set her in the midst,

They said to Him,

'Teacher,

This woman

Was caught in adultery,

In the very act.

Now Moses,

In the law,

Commanded us

That such

Should be stoned.

But what do You say?'

This they said,

Testing Him,

That they might

Have something

Of which to accuse Him.

But Jesus

Stooped down

And wrote on the ground

With His finger,

As though

He did not hear.

So when they continued

Asking Him,

He raised Himself up

And said to them,

'He who is without sin

Among you,

Let him throw a stone

At her first.'

And again

He stooped down

And wrote on the ground.

Then those who heard it,

Being convicted

By their conscience,

Went out

One by one,

Beginning with the oldest

Even to the last.

And Jesus

Was left alone,

And the woman

Standing in the midst."John 8:3-9