When the Pharisees tempted Jesus to judge the woman taken 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?'" "'Neither do I condemn you.'" John 8:11 (NRSV)
And so we should 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 8:6 (NRSV)]
[Scripture quotations (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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