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...accuser was visible in those persons who brought the woman taken in adultery before our Saviour, when he said unto them, "' He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her : and they, being convicted by their own conscience, went out one by one." But it operated still more efficaciously...

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...Before Jesus proclaims that 'He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her', he 'stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground, as though he heard them not'. It is never revealed what Jesus wrote in the sand, but in this act Heaney finds an allegory for poetry:...

...but what do you say? {6} This they said, tempting him, that they might have something to accuse him. But Jesus stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground, as though he didn't hear them. {7} So when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said to them, He...

...be stoned: but what sayest thou? This they said, tempting him, that they might have to accuse him. But Jesus stooped down, and with his finger wrote...among you, let him first cast a stone at her... And they which heard it, being convicted by their own conscience, went out one by one..." (John 8: 5-9)...

...be stoned: but what sayest thou? This they said, tempting Him, that they might have to accuse Him. But Jesus stooped down, and with His finger wrote...said unto them, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her. John 8:3-7 isees and ministered correction to that pride. He saw...

...Teachers, and Students,l54 2 Remember our own sins and failings when ministering to the erring ones. a. So when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself,...said unto them, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her. John 8:7 b. Let care and wisdom be shown when dealing with workers...