John 8:3
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“The scribes and Pharisees, however, brought to Him a woman caught in adultery. They made her stand before them”
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“The scribes and Pharisees, however, brought to Him a woman caught in adultery. They made her stand before them”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And the scribes and Pharisees brought unto him a woman taken in adultery; and when they had set her in the midst,”
King James Version · Public Domain“And the scribes and the Pharisees bring a woman taken in adultery; and having set her in the midst,”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and the scribes and the Pharisees bring unto him a woman having been taken in adultery, and having set her in the midst,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo John 8:3 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Numbers 15:33Those who found the man gathering wood brought him to Moses, Aaron, and the whole congregation,
- Ezekiel 16:38And I will sentence you to the punishment of women who commit adultery and those who shed blood; so I will bring upon you the wrath of your bloodshed and jealousy.
- Ezekiel 23:45But righteous men will sentence them to the punishment of those who commit adultery and bloodshed, because they are adulteresses with blood on their hands.
- Matthew 2:4And when he had assembled all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he asked them where the Christ was to be born.
- John 9:13They brought to the Pharisees the man who had been blind.
- Acts 4:7They had Peter and John brought in and began to question them: “By what power or what name did you do this?”
- Romans 7:3So then, if she is joined to another man while her husband is still alive, she is called an adulteress; but if her husband dies, she is free from that law and is not an adulteress, even if she marries another man.
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