So they answered Jesus and said, We do not know. And He said to them, Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.

They have been dismayed and answer no more; they have left off speaking.

And I have waited, because they did not speak, because they have stood still and answered no more.

Why, when I came, was no one here? I called and no one answered. Is My hand shortened at all so that it cannot redeem? Or have I no power to deliver? Behold, at My rebuke I dry up the sea, I make the rivers a wilderness; their fish stink, because there is no water, and die of thirst.

The Lord Jehovah has given Me the tongue of the learned, to know how to speak a word in season to the weary. He wakens morning by morning, He wakens the ear to hear as the learned.

I gave My back to those who strike, and My cheeks to those who pluck; I hid not My face from shame and spitting.

He is near who justifies Me; who will contend with Me? Let us stand together; who is the master of My judgment? Let him come near Me.

And when He said these things, all His adversaries were put to shame; and all the multitude rejoiced for all the glorious things that were done by Him.

And they were not able to contradict Him regarding these things.

So when they continued asking Him, He raised Himself up and said to them, He who is without sin among you, let him throw the first stone at her.

Then those who heard it, being convicted by their conscience, went out one by one, beginning with the oldest even to the last. And Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst.

And seeing the man who had been healed standing with them, they had nothing to say against it.

And when Jesus saw that he answered wisely, He said to him, You are not far from the kingdom of God. And after that no one dared question Him.

And after that they dared not question Him anymore.