The following story appears in the book, Building a Noble World, by Shiv R. Jhawar, p. 119; www.nobleworld.org
Once a woman was charged for adultery. The Pharisees wanted Jesus to pronounce the Mosaic verdict of stoning her to death. Lord Jesus quietly said, "Let him that is without sin among you cast the first stone at her." This powerful utterance of the Lord at once turned the gaze of each one present within himself. Who could be without sin? Introspection revealed their own defects. One by one the people hung their heads down and left the place.
"Where are they?" Jesus asked the woman after some time.
"Did no man condemn thee?"
"No, my Lord," she answered.
"Neither do I condemn thee. Go thy way and sin no more," said the Lord, summing up in this beautiful incident the very essence of his divine message.
—Excerpt: Kingly Science Kingly Secret by Swami Sivananda, p. 91
