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John 8:2–9

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And early in the morning he came again into the temple, and all the people came unto him; and he sat down, and taught them.
And the scribes and Pharisees brought unto him a woman taken in adultery; and when they had set her in the midst,
They say unto him, Master, this woman was taken in adultery, in the very act.
Now Moses in the law commanded us, that such should 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 on the ground, as though he heard them not.
So when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said unto them, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her.
And again he stooped down, and wrote on the ground.
And they which heard it, being convicted by their own conscience, went out one by one, beginning at the eldest, even unto the last: and Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst.
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From verse 2

  1. Matthew 26:55Rank 1 from verse 2
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    55In that same hour said Jesus to the multitudes, Are ye come out as against a thief with swords and staves for to take me? I sat daily with you teaching in the temple, and ye laid no hold on me.

  2. Luke 21:37Rank 2 from verse 2
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    37And in the day time he was teaching in the temple; and at night he went out, and abode in the mount that is called the mount of Olives.

  3. Luke 4:20Rank 3 from verse 2
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    20And he closed the book, and he gave it again to the minister, and sat down. And the eyes of all them that were in the synagogue were fastened on him.

  4. Luke 5:3Rank 4 from verse 2
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    3And he entered into one of the ships, which was Simon’s, and prayed him that he would thrust out a little from the land. And he sat down, and taught the people out of the ship.

  5. Matthew 5:1–2Rank 5 from verse 2
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    1AND seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when he was set, his disciples came unto him:

    2And he opened his mouth, and taught them, saying,

  6. Ecclesiastes 9:10Rank 6 from verse 2
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    10Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.

  7. Jeremiah 25:3Rank 7 from verse 2
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    3From the thirteenth year of Josiah the son of Amon king of Judah, even unto this day, that is the three and twentieth year, the word of the Lord hath come unto me, and I have spoken unto you, rising early and speaking; but ye have not hearkened.

  8. Jeremiah 44:4Rank 8 from verse 2
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    4Howbeit I sent unto you all my servants the prophets, rising early and sending them, saying, Oh, do not this abominable thing that I hate.

  9. John 4:34Rank 9 from verse 2
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    34Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.

  10. John 8:20Rank 10 from verse 2
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    20These words spake Jesus in the treasury, as he taught in the temple: and no man laid hands on him; for his hour was not yet come.

From verse 5

  1. Leviticus 20:10Rank 1 from verse 5
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    10¶ And the man that committeth adultery with another man’s wife, even he that committeth adultery with his neighbour’s wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.

  2. Deuteronomy 22:21–24Rank 2 from verse 5
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    21Then they shall bring out the damsel to the door of her father’s house, and the men of her city shall stone her with stones that she die: because she hath wrought folly in Israel, to play the whore in her father’s house: so shalt thou put evil away from among you.

    22¶ If a man be found lying with a woman married to an husband, then they shall both of them die, both the man that lay with the woman, and the woman: so shalt thou put away evil from Israel.

    23¶ If a damsel that is a virgin be betrothed unto an husband, and a man find her in the city, and lie with her;

    24Then ye shall bring them both out unto the gate of that city, and ye shall stone them with stones that they die; the damsel, because she cried not, being in the city; and the man, because he hath humbled his neighbour’s wife: so thou shalt put away evil from among you.

  3. Ezekiel 16:38–40Rank 3 from verse 5
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    38And I will judge thee, as women that break wedlock and shed blood are judged; and I will give thee blood in fury and jealousy.

    39And I will also give thee into their hand, and they shall throw down thine eminent place, and shall break down thy high places: they shall strip thee also of thy clothes, and shall take thy fair jewels, and leave thee naked and bare.

    40They shall also bring up a company against thee, and they shall stone thee with stones, and thrust thee through with their swords.

  4. Matthew 5:17Rank 4 from verse 5
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    17¶ Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.

  5. Matthew 19:6–8Rank 5 from verse 5
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    6Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.

    7They say unto him, Why did Moses then command to give a writing of divorcement, and to put her away?

    8He saith unto them, Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so.

  6. Matthew 22:16–18Rank 6 from verse 5
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    16And they sent out unto him their disciples with the Herodians, saying, Master, we know that thou art true, and teachest the way of God in truth, neither carest thou for any man: for thou regardest not the person of men.

    17Tell us therefore, What thinkest thou? Is it lawful to give tribute unto Cæsar, or not?

    18But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, Why tempt ye me, ye hypocrites?

  7. Ezekiel 23:47Rank 7 from verse 5
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    47And 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.

From verse 6

  1. Jeremiah 17:13Rank 1 from verse 6
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    13O Lord, the hope of Israel, all that forsake thee shall be ashamed, and they that depart from me shall be written in the earth, because they have forsaken the Lord, the fountain of living waters.

  2. Luke 10:25Rank 2 from verse 6
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    25¶ And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted him, saying, Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?

  3. Ecclesiastes 3:7Rank 3 from verse 6
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    7A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;

  4. Psalms 38:12–14Rank 4 from verse 6
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    12They also that seek after my life lay snares for me: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long.

    13But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and I was as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth.

    14Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs.

  5. Amos 5:10Rank 5 from verse 6
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    10They hate him that rebuketh in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly.

  6. Matthew 19:3Rank 6 from verse 6
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    3¶ The Pharisees also came unto him, tempting him, and saying unto him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?

  7. 1 Corinthians 10:9Rank 7 from verse 6
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    9Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents.

  8. Amos 5:13Rank 8 from verse 6
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    13Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in that time; for it is an evil time.

  9. Luke 11:53–54Rank 9 from verse 6
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    53And as he said these things unto them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to urge him vehemently, and to provoke him to speak of many things:

    54Laying wait for him, and seeking to catch something out of his mouth, that they might accuse him.

  10. Numbers 14:22Rank 10 from verse 6
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    22Because all those men which have seen my glory, and my miracles, which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have tempted me now these ten times, and have not hearkened to my voice;

  11. Proverbs 26:17Rank 11 from verse 6
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    17He that passeth by, and meddleth with strife belonging not to him, is like one that taketh a dog by the ears.

  12. Daniel 5:5Rank 12 from verse 6
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    5¶ In the same hour came forth fingers of a man’s hand, and wrote over against the candlestick upon the plaister of the wall of the king’s palace: and the king saw the part of the hand that wrote.

  13. Genesis 49:9Rank 13 from verse 6
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    9Judah is a lion’s whelp: from the prey, my son, thou art gone up: he stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion; who shall rouse him up?

  14. Mark 10:2Rank 14 from verse 6
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    2¶ And the Pharisees came to him, and asked him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife? tempting him.

  15. Mark 8:11Rank 15 from verse 6
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    11And the Pharisees came forth, and began to question with him, seeking of him a sign from heaven, tempting him.

  16. Matthew 10:16Rank 16 from verse 6
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    16¶ Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.

  17. Matthew 15:23Rank 17 from verse 6
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    23But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us.

  18. Matthew 16:1Rank 18 from verse 6
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    1THE Pharisees also with the Sadducees came, and tempting desired him that he would shew them a sign from heaven.

  19. Matthew 22:18Rank 19 from verse 6
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    18But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, Why tempt ye me, ye hypocrites?

  20. Matthew 22:35Rank 20 from verse 6
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    35Then one of them, which was a lawyer, asked him a question, tempting him, and saying,

  21. Matthew 26:63Rank 21 from verse 6
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    63But Jesus held his peace. And the high priest answered and said unto him, I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us whether thou be the Christ, the Son of God.

  22. Luke 11:16Rank 22 from verse 6
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    16And others, tempting him, sought of him a sign from heaven.

  23. Luke 20:20–23Rank 23 from verse 6
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    20And they watched him, and sent forth spies, which should feign themselves just men, that they might take hold of his words, that so they might deliver him unto the power and authority of the governor.

    21And they asked him, saying, Master, we know that thou sayest and teachest rightly, neither acceptest thou the person of any, but teachest the way of God truly:

    22Is it lawful for us to give tribute unto Cæsar, or no?

    23But he perceived their craftiness, and said unto them, Why tempt ye me?

  24. Mark 12:15Rank 24 from verse 6
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    15Shall we give, or shall we not give? But he, knowing their hypocrisy, said unto them, Why tempt ye me? bring me a penny, that I may see it.

  25. Psalms 39:1Rank 25 from verse 6
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    1I SAID, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me.

  26. John 8:2Rank 26 from verse 6
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    2And early in the morning he came again into the temple, and all the people came unto him; and he sat down, and taught them.

From verse 7

  1. Matthew 7:1–5Rank 1 from verse 7
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    1JUDGE not, that ye be not judged.

    2For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.

    3And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother’s eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?

    4Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye?

    5Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother’s eye.

  2. Romans 2:21–25Rank 2 from verse 7
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    21Thou therefore which teachest another, teachest thou not thyself? thou that preachest a man should not steal, dost thou steal?

    22Thou that sayest a man should not commit adultery, dost thou commit adultery? thou that abhorrest idols, dost thou commit sacrilege?

    23Thou that makest thy boast of the law, through breaking the law dishonourest thou God?

    24For the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles through you, as it is written.

    25For circumcision verily profiteth, if thou keep the law: but if thou be a breaker of the law, thy circumcision is made uncircumcision.

  3. Romans 2:1–3Rank 3 from verse 7
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    1THEREFORE thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest doest the same things.

    2But we are sure that the judgment of God is according to truth against them which commit such things.

    3And thinkest thou this, O man, that judgest them which do such things, and doest the same, that thou shalt escape the judgment of God?

  4. Deuteronomy 17:6–7Rank 4 from verse 7
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    6At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, shall he that is worthy of death be put to death; but at the mouth of one witness he shall not be put to death.

    7The hands of the witnesses shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterward the hands of all the people. So thou shalt put the evil away from among you.

  5. Matthew 23:25–28Rank 5 from verse 7
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    25Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess.

    26Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first that which is within the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be clean also.

    27Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men’s bones, and of all uncleanness.

    28Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.

  6. Colossians 4:6Rank 6 from verse 7
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    6Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.

  7. Hebrews 4:12–13Rank 7 from verse 7
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    12For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

    13Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.

  8. Psalms 50:16–20Rank 8 from verse 7
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    16But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or that thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth?

    17Seeing thou hatest instruction, and castest my words behind thee.

    18When thou sawest a thief, then thou consentedst with him, and hast been partaker with adulterers.

    19Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit.

    20Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thine own mother’s son.

  9. Revelation 2:16Rank 9 from verse 7
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    16Repent; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth.

  10. 1 Corinthians 14:24–25Rank 10 from verse 7
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    24But if all prophesy, and there come in one that believeth not, or one unlearned, he is convinced of all, he is judged of all:

    25And thus are the secrets of his heart made manifest; and so falling down on his face he will worship God, and report that God is in you of a truth.

  11. Proverbs 26:4–5Rank 11 from verse 7
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    4Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.

    5Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.

  12. Revelation 19:15Rank 12 from verse 7
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    15And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.

  13. Jeremiah 23:29Rank 13 from verse 7
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    29Is not my word like as a fire? saith the Lord; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces?

  14. Revelation 1:16Rank 14 from verse 7
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    16And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth went a sharp twoedged sword: and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength.

  15. John 7:46Rank 15 from verse 7
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    46The officers answered, Never man spake like this man.

  16. Proverbs 12:18Rank 16 from verse 7
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    18There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.

From verse 9

  1. Ecclesiastes 7:22Rank 1 from verse 9
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    22For oftentimes also thine own heart knoweth that thou thyself likewise hast cursed others.

  2. Romans 2:15Rank 2 from verse 9
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    15Which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another;)

  3. 1 John 3:20Rank 3 from verse 9
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    20For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things.

  4. Genesis 42:21–22Rank 4 from verse 9
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    21¶ And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.

    22And Reuben answered them, saying, Spake I not unto you, saying, Do not sin against the child; and ye would not hear? therefore, behold, also his blood is required.

  5. Romans 2:22Rank 5 from verse 9
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    22Thou that sayest a man should not commit adultery, dost thou commit adultery? thou that abhorrest idols, dost thou commit sacrilege?

  6. Job 5:12–13Rank 6 from verse 9
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    12He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.

    13He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.

  7. John 8:10Rank 7 from verse 9
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    10When Jesus had lifted up himself, and saw none but the woman, he said unto her, Woman, where are those thine accusers? hath no man condemned thee?

  8. Psalms 71:13Rank 8 from verse 9
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    13Let them be confounded and consumed that are adversaries to my soul; let them be covered with reproach and dishonour that seek my hurt.

  9. 1 Kings 17:18Rank 9 from verse 9
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    18And she said unto Elijah, What have I to do with thee, O thou man of God? art thou come unto me to call my sin to remembrance, and to slay my son?

  10. 1 Kings 2:44Rank 10 from verse 9
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    44The king said moreover to Shimei, Thou knowest all the wickedness which thine heart is privy to, that thou didst to David my father: therefore the Lord shall return thy wickedness upon thine own head;

  11. Job 20:27Rank 11 from verse 9
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    27The heaven shall reveal his iniquity; and the earth shall rise up against him.

  12. Job 20:5Rank 12 from verse 9
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    5That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?

  13. John 8:12Rank 13 from verse 9
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    12¶ Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.

  14. Luke 12:1–3Rank 14 from verse 9
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    1IN the mean time, when there were gathered together an innumerable multitude of people, insomuch that they trode one upon another, he began to say unto his disciples first of all, Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.

    2For there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; neither hid, that shall not be known.

    3Therefore whatsoever ye have spoken in darkness shall be heard in the light; and that which ye have spoken in the ear in closets shall be proclaimed upon the housetops.

  15. Luke 13:17Rank 15 from verse 9
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    17And when he had said these things, all his adversaries were ashamed: and all the people rejoiced for all the glorious things that were done by him.

  16. Psalms 40:14Rank 16 from verse 9
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    14Let them be ashamed and confounded together that seek after my soul to destroy it; let them be driven backward and put to shame that wish me evil.

  17. Psalms 50:21Rank 17 from verse 9
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    21These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as thyself: but I will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes.

  18. Psalms 9:15–16Rank 18 from verse 9
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    15The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.

    16The Lord is known by the judgment which he executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.

  19. John 8:2Rank 19 from verse 9
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    2And early in the morning he came again into the temple, and all the people came unto him; and he sat down, and taught them.

  20. Mark 6:14–16Rank 20 from verse 9
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    14And king Herod heard of him; (for his name was spread abroad:) and he said, That John the Baptist was risen from the dead, and therefore mighty works do shew forth themselves in him.

    15Others said, That it is Elias. And others said, That it is a prophet, or as one of the prophets.

    16But when Herod heard thereof, he said, It is John, whom I beheaded: he is risen from the dead.

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John 8:2

COMBINED MEANING

in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

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morning

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Sense 1: The beginning or early part of the day, including hours before daylight. Sense 2: The dawn or a beginning compared with dawn.

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again

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Another time; once more; back to a former place or condition; or in return.

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COMBINED MEANING

temple

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Sense 1: A sacred house, building, or place devoted to the worship or presence of God or an idol. Sense 2: Christ's body, expressly called the temple of his body. Sense 3: A believer's body, or believers collectively, called the temple of God or of the Holy Ghost. Sense 4: The Lord God Almighty and the Lamb, expressly called the temple of the city.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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people

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Persons collectively; a nation, community, or group considered as a body.

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sat

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Was seated, took a seat, remained seated, or occupied a seat or place.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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John 8:3

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taken

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1. Received, accepted, or chosen. 2. Seized or captured. 3. Carried or laid hold of.

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in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

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COMBINED MEANING

set

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1. To put or place a person or thing in a position, relation, or condition; when passive, to be so placed, fixed, or adorned. 2. To establish, fix, appoint, assign, prescribe, or determine. 3. To arrange, prepare, present, display, or put in order or array. 4. To direct, turn, or firmly apply the face, heart, eyes, mind, affection, or action toward something. 5. To start, advance, send out, proceed on a course or work, or make an attack, as in set forward, set forth, or set upon where those meanings apply. 6. To value or esteem; or, in set at nought or set light by, to despise. 7. Of the sun, to go down.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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midst

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The middle, centre, interior, or intervening part of a place, body, company, or condition; among, within, surrounded by, or in the presence of persons or things.

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DEFINED WORDS

John 8:4

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say

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Sense 1: To speak, declare, tell, or express. Sense 2: What is said.

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master

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One possessing authority, ownership, command, supervision, or superior skill: an owner, employer, household head, teacher, leader, ship commander, or lord.

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taken

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1. Received, accepted, or chosen. 2. Seized or captured. 3. Carried or laid hold of.

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in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

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very

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Sense 1: Truly, actually, exactly, or the same in identity. Sense 2: To a great or marked degree, used to intensify the quality named.

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John 8:5

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in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

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law

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Sense 1: An authoritative rule, command, ordinance, instruction, standard, or body of requirements. Sense 2: The writings containing such instruction. Sense 3: A governing principle, power, regular order, or civil rule. Sense 4: In family compounds, relationship by marriage.

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us

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The first-person plural object pronoun, referring to the speaker together with one or more others as recipients or objects of an action or relation.

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should

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A verb expressing duty, propriety, expectation, intention, purpose, condition, appointed outcome, or a future event viewed from another time or statement.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

but

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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

sayest

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Second-person singular present form of say. To speak, declare, tell, or express.

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thou

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The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

DEFINED WORDS

John 8:6

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tempting

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Present-participial or verbal-noun form of tempt. Sense 1: To try, test, put to the test. Sense 2: To entice toward evil.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

might

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Sense 1: Power or strength. Sense 2: An auxiliary expressing possibility or permission.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

but

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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

wrote

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Set down, recorded, composed, or communicated in writing; the past tense of write.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

on

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1. At, upon, or in contact with the named place, object, side, or time. 2. Toward, against, concerning, depending upon, or directed to the named person or thing. 3. Forward or continuing; in joined expressions such as go on, put on, and lay hold on, the other words supply the particular action.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

ground

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Sense 1: The soil, earth, land, floor, or supporting surface. Sense 2: Figuratively, a basis, support, or foundation. Sense 3: Crushed or reduced to small particles by grinding.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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heard

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Sense 1: Perceived by the ear. Sense 2: Received or learned by report. Sense 3: Listened to, regarded, or heeded. Sense 4: Favourably attended to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

John 8:7

COMBINED MEANING

continued

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of continue, meaning to remain, abide, persist, or endure.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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without

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Outside or on the exterior; beyond a boundary; lacking, absent, free from, not accompanied by, or apart from the person, thing, condition, means, or relation named.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

sin

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1. Wrongdoing against God and his law; transgression or unrighteousness. 2. The guilt or burden of such wrongdoing, or the inward principle so named. 3. As a verb, to commit such wrongdoing.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

you

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The second-person plural pronoun referring to those being addressed.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

let

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Sense 1: To allow or permit; in older KJV use, also to hinder or restrain. Sense 2: To lower or send down.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

cast

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1. To throw, send, put, lay, or direct a person or thing into, upon, around, toward, or away from a place, or into a stated condition. 2. To put away, reject, expel, remove, overthrow, or bring down. 3. To put forth or use a lot for choosing, dividing, or assigning. 4. To form an object by pouring molten material into a mould. 5. To shed, drop, or bring forth young, fruit, leaves, or flowers. 6. To raise, form, or prepare a bank, mount, trench, or way. 7. In "cast ... in his teeth," to reproach or charge something against him. 8. As a noun, the distance something may be thrown.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

stone

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Sense 1: A piece or mass of rock. Sense 2: To strike or kill with stones.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

John 8:8

COMBINED MEANING

again

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Another time; once more; back to a former place or condition; or in return.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

wrote

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Set down, recorded, composed, or communicated in writing; the past tense of write.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

on

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1. At, upon, or in contact with the named place, object, side, or time. 2. Toward, against, concerning, depending upon, or directed to the named person or thing. 3. Forward or continuing; in joined expressions such as go on, put on, and lay hold on, the other words supply the particular action.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

ground

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Sense 1: The soil, earth, land, floor, or supporting surface. Sense 2: Figuratively, a basis, support, or foundation. Sense 3: Crushed or reduced to small particles by grinding.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

John 8:9

COMBINED MEANING

which

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1. An interrogative or relative pronoun identifying one or more persons or things from a stated or implied set. 2. That which; what.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

heard

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Sense 1: Perceived by the ear. Sense 2: Received or learned by report. Sense 3: Listened to, regarded, or heeded. Sense 4: Favourably attended to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

conscience

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The inward moral awareness that bears witness concerning one's conduct, accusing or excusing and approving or condemning.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

out

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Outside, away from within, forth, absent, or no longer in a stated condition.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

even

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1. Used to emphasize, include, or precisely identify what is meant: indeed, precisely, or namely. 2. Used to mark a boundary, endpoint, or full reach in place, time, or degree: up to, as far as, or through. 3. In ‘even as,’ ‘even so,’ and like constructions, just as, exactly so, or in the same manner. 4. The evening, or close of day. 5. Equal, level, identical, balanced, or uniform.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

last

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At the end or after all others; latest or final.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

left

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Sense 1: Past tense and past participle of leave: departed, abandoned, allowed to remain, or caused to remain. Sense 2: The direction or side opposite the right.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

alone

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1. Without others, company, or help; by oneself. 2. Only or solely. 3. In "let ... alone," to leave undisturbed or refrain from interfering with.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

standing

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Sense 1: Remaining upright, fixed, established, or in place. Sense 2: As a noun, position, continuance, or rank.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

midst

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The middle, centre, interior, or intervening part of a place, body, company, or condition; among, within, surrounded by, or in the presence of persons or things.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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8:1JESUS went unto the mount of Olives.

8:2And early in the morning he came again into the temple, and all the people came unto him; and he sat down, and taught them.

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8:3And the scribes and Pharisees brought unto him a woman taken in adultery; and when they had set her in the midst,

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8:4They say unto him, Master, this woman was taken in adultery, in the very act.

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8:5Now Moses in the law commanded us, that such should be stoned: but what sayest thou?

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8:6This they said, tempting him, that they might have to accuse him. But Jesus stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground, as though he heard them not.

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8:7So when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said unto them, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her.

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

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8:9And they which heard it, being convicted by their own conscience, went out one by one, beginning at the eldest, even unto the last: and Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst.

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8:10When Jesus had lifted up himself, and saw none but the woman, he said unto her, Woman, where are those thine accusers? hath no man condemned thee?

8:11She said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said unto her, Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more.

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