John 8:6
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“They said this to test Him, in order to have a basis for accusing Him. But Jesus bent down and began to write on the ground with His finger.”
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“They said this to test Him, in order to have a basis for accusing Him. But Jesus bent down and began to write on the ground with His finger.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And this they said, trying him, that they might have whereof to accuse him. But Jesus stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and this they said, trying him, that they might have to accuse him. And Jesus, having stooped down, with the finger he was writing on the ground,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo John 8:6 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 49:9Judah is a young lion— my son, you return from the prey. Like a lion he crouches and lies down; like a lioness, who dares to rouse him?
- Numbers 14:22not one of the men who have seen My glory and the signs I performed in Egypt and in the wilderness—yet have tested Me and disobeyed Me these ten times—
- Psalms 38:12Those who seek my life lay snares; those who wish me harm speak destruction, plotting deceit all day long.
- Psalms 38:14I am like a man who cannot hear, whose mouth offers no reply.
- Psalms 39:1I said, “I will watch my ways so that I will not sin with my tongue; I will guard my mouth with a muzzle as long as the wicked are present.”
- Proverbs 26:17Like one who grabs a dog by the ears is a passerby who meddles in a quarrel not his own.
- Ecclesiastes 3:7a time to tear and a time to mend, a time to be silent and a time to speak,
- Jeremiah 17:13O LORD, the hope of Israel, all who abandon You will be put to shame. All who turn away will be written in the dust, for they have abandoned the LORD, the fountain of living water.
- Daniel 5:5At that moment the fingers of a human hand appeared and wrote on the plaster of the wall, near the lampstand in the royal palace. As the king watched the hand that was writing,
- Amos 5:10There are those who hate the one who reproves in the gate and despise him who speaks with integrity.
- Amos 5:13Therefore, the prudent keep silent in such times, for the days are evil.
- Matthew 10:16Behold, I am sending you out like sheep among wolves; therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.
- Matthew 15:23But Jesus did not answer a word. So His disciples came and urged Him, “Send her away, for she keeps crying out after us.”
- Matthew 16:1Then the Pharisees and Sadducees came and tested Jesus by asking Him to show them a sign from heaven.
- Matthew 19:3Then some Pharisees came and tested Him by asking, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason?”
- Matthew 22:18But Jesus knew their evil intent and said, “You hypocrites, why are you testing Me?
- Matthew 22:35One of them, an expert in the law, tested Him with a question:
- Matthew 26:63But Jesus remained silent. Then the high priest said to Him, “I charge You under oath by the living God: Tell us if You are the Christ, the Son of God.”
- Mark 8:11Then the Pharisees came and began to argue with Jesus, testing Him by demanding from Him a sign from heaven.
- Mark 10:2Some Pharisees came to test Him. “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?” they inquired.
- Mark 12:15But Jesus saw through their hypocrisy and said, “Why are you testing Me? Bring Me a denarius to inspect.”
- Luke 10:25One day an expert in the law stood up to test Him. “Teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?”
- Luke 11:16And others tested Him by demanding a sign from heaven.
- Luke 11:53As Jesus went on from there, the scribes and Pharisees began to oppose Him bitterly and to ply Him with questions about many things,
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