John 8:5

KJV1611 – Modern English

Now Moses in the law commanded us that such should be stoned: but what do you say?

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  • Lev 20:10 : 10 And the man that commits adultery with another man's wife, even he that commits adultery with his neighbor's wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.
  • Deut 22:21-24 : 21 Then they shall bring out the young woman to the door of her father's house, and the men of her city shall stone her with stones so that she dies, because she has done a disgraceful thing in Israel, to play the harlot in her father's house. So shall you put away the evil from among you. 22 If a man is found lying with a woman married to a husband, then they shall both die, the man that lay with the woman, and the woman; so you shall put away evil from Israel. 23 If a young woman who is a virgin is betrothed to a husband, and a man finds her in the city and lies with her, 24 Then you shall bring them both out to the gate of that city, and you shall stone them with stones so that they die; the young woman because she did not cry out, being in the city; and the man because he has humbled his neighbor's wife; so you shall put away the evil from among you.
  • Ezek 16:38-40 : 38 And I will judge you, as women that break wedlock and shed blood are judged; and I will give you blood in fury and jealousy. 39 And I will also give you into their hand, and they shall throw down your eminent place, and shall break down your high places; they shall strip you also of your clothes, and shall take your beautiful jewels, and leave you naked and bare. 40 They shall also bring up an assembly against you, and they shall stone you with stones, and thrust you through with their swords.
  • Matt 5:17 : 17 Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets: I did not come to destroy, but to fulfill.
  • Matt 19:6-8 : 6 Therefore they are no longer two but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate. 7 They said to him, Why then did Moses command to give a certificate of divorce, and to put her away? 8 He said to them, Moses, because of the hardness of your hearts, allowed you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it was not so.
  • Matt 22:16-18 : 16 And they sent out to him their disciples with the Herodians, saying, Teacher, we know that you are true, and teach the way of God in truth, nor do you care about anyone, for you do not regard the person of men. 17 Tell us therefore, what do you think? Is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar, or not? 18 But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, Why do you test me, you hypocrites?
  • Ezek 23:47 : 47 And the company shall stone them with stones, and dispatch them with their swords; they shall slay their sons and their daughters, and burn up their houses with fire.

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  • John 8:2-4
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    2And early in the morning he returned to the temple, and all the people came to him; and he sat down, and taught them.

    3And the scribes and Pharisees brought to him a woman caught in adultery; and when they had set her in the middle,

    4They said to him, Master, this woman was caught in adultery, in the very act.

  • John 8:6-11
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    6They said this trying him, that they might have something to accuse him. But Jesus stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground, as though he did not hear them.

    7So when they continued asking him, he stood up and said to them, He that is without sin among you, let him first throw a stone at her.

    8And again he stooped down, and wrote on the ground.

    9And those who heard it, being convicted by their own 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 middle.

    10When Jesus had stood up and saw no one but the woman, he said to her, Woman, where are your accusers? Has no one condemned you?

    11She said, No one, Lord. And Jesus said to her, Neither do I condemn you: go, and sin no more.

  • Mark 10:2-5
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    2And the Pharisees came to him, and asked him, Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife? testing him.

    3And he answered and said to them, What did Moses command you?

    4And they said, Moses allowed to write a certificate of divorce, and to dismiss her.

    5And Jesus answered and said to them, Because of the hardness of your heart he wrote you this precept.

  • Matt 19:7
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    7They said to him, Why then did Moses command to give a certificate of divorce, and to put her away?

  • John 7:19
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    19Did not Moses give you the law, yet none of you keeps the law? Why do you seek to kill me?

  • Matt 5:27
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    27You have heard that it was said to those of old, 'You shall not commit adultery:'

  • Luke 10:26
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    26He said to him, What is written in the law? How do you read it?

  • Deut 17:5
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    5then you shall bring out to your gates that man or woman who has committed this wicked thing, and shall stone them with stones until they die.

  • Matt 19:18
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    18He said to him, Which ones? Jesus said, You shall not murder, You shall not commit adultery, You shall not steal, You shall not bear false witness,

  • Jas 2:11
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    11For He who said, Do not commit adultery, also said, Do not kill. Now if you do not commit adultery, yet if you kill, you have become a transgressor of the law.

  • Matt 22:35-36
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    35Then one of them, a lawyer, asked him a question, testing him, and saying,

    36Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law?

  • Rom 2:22
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    22You who say a man should not commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you commit sacrilege?

  • Num 5:5
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    5And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

  • John 10:31-32
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    31Then the Jews took up stones again to stone him.

    32Jesus answered them, Many good works I have shown you from my Father; for which of these works do you stone me?

  • John 7:51
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    51Does our law judge a man before it hears him and knows what he is doing?

  • Num 15:35-37
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    35And the LORD said to Moses, The man shall surely be put to death: all the congregation shall stone him with stones outside the camp.

    36And all the congregation brought him outside the camp, and stoned him with stones, and he died; as the LORD commanded Moses.

    37And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

  • John 18:31
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    31Then Pilate said to them, Take him and judge him according to your law. Therefore the Jews said to him, It is not lawful for us to put anyone to death,

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    11And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

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    31Furthermore it has been said, 'Whoever divorces his wife, let him give her a certificate of divorce:'

  • John 9:28
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    28Then they reviled him, and said, You are his disciple; but we are Moses' disciples.

  • Luke 7:40
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    40And Jesus answering said to him, Simon, I have something to say to you. And he said, Master, say on.

  • John 8:59
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    59Then they picked up stones to throw at him: but Jesus hid himself, and went out of the temple, going through the midst of them, and so passed by.

  • Josh 8:32
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    32And he wrote there on the stones a copy of the law of Moses, which he wrote in the presence of the children of Israel.

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    20You know the commandments: Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honor your father and your mother.

  • Luke 20:6
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    6But if we say, From men; all the people will stone us: for they are persuaded that John was a prophet.

  • Lev 24:13
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    13And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

  • Luke 20:22
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    22Is it lawful for us to give tribute to Caesar, or not?

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    27At this point his disciples came, and marveled that he talked with a woman; yet no one said, What do you seek? or, Why are you talking with her?

  • Matt 22:17
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    17Tell us therefore, what do you think? Is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar, or not?

  • Mark 10:19
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    19You know the commandments: Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Do not defraud, Honor your father and mother.

  • John 8:46
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    46Which of you convicts me of sin? And if I tell the truth, why do you not believe me?

  • Num 15:17
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    17And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

  • John 19:7
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    7The Jews answered him, We have a law, and by our law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God.

  • Matt 19:3
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    3The Pharisees also came to him, testing him, and saying to him, Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason?

  • Lev 24:23
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    23And Moses spoke to the children of Israel, that they should bring forth him who had cursed out of the camp, and stone him with stones. And the children of Israel did as the LORD commanded Moses.