No Judgement.

When the Pharisees tempted Jesus to judge the woman caught in adultery* he refused to do so.

He would not condemn her.

He said: "'Let anyone among you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her.'"  John 8:7 (NRSV)

And when all of them were gone he said: "'Woman, where are they?  Has no one condemned you?'" and "'Neither do I condemn you.'"  John 8:11 (NRSV)

And so we must not condemn others even if they condemn us.

[*"They did this to test him, so that they might have some charge to bring against him."  John 8:5 (NRSV)]

[Scripture quotation (marked NRSV) are taken from the New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright © 1989 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A., and are used by permission.  All rights reserved.]

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