⁷ But when they persisted in asking Him, ^(A)He straightened up, and said to them, “^(B)He who is without sin among you, let him be the ^(C)first to throw a stone at her.” ⁸ Again He stooped down and wrote on the ground. ⁹ When they heard it, they began to go out one by one, beginning with the older ones, and He was left alone, and the woman, where she was, in the center of the court.