"If a man is caught having intercourse with another man's wife, both of them are to be put to death. In this way you will get rid of this evil.

You are to take them outside the town and stone them to death. She is to die because she did not cry out for help, although she was in a town, where she could have been heard. And the man is to die because he had intercourse with someone who was engaged. In this way you will get rid of this evil.

"I have sinned against the LORD," David said. Nathan replied, "The LORD forgives you; you will not die.

Righteous men will condemn them on the charge of adultery and murder, because they practice adultery and their hands are stained with blood."

Let the mob stone them and attack them with swords, kill their children, and burn down their houses.

"Teacher," they said to Jesus, "this woman was caught in the very act of committing adultery.

In our Law Moses commanded that such a woman must be stoned to death. Now, what do you say?"