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HOW DOES JESUS TREAT SINNERS?
In today’s Gospel, the Pharisees asked Jesus whether they should
obey their law and stone a woman who was sinner.
In the Old Testament, God gave His people rules that they should
punish the people who sinned. That’s why in today’s Gospel the
Pharisees and scribes brought a sinful woman to Jesus to see what
He had to say about the law.
Instead of telling them that they should punish her according to the
law, Jesus told them that they should only punish her if they
themselves had never sinned. He said: “Let him who is without sin
cast the first stone!” They all left the scene because they had sinned
too.
Sometimes we hear about a sin that someone else did. God does
not want us to be mean to that person because of what they did.
Does that mean that they didn’t do a sin? No, Jesus told the woman
to go and not sin again. That means that she did sin, but He was
gaving her another chance. We should try to be merciful like Jesus,
and we should be kind to sinners because we are sinners too.
Let us pray: “Lord Jesus, we are sorry for the times we are mean to
people who have done wrong things. We ask you to forgive us for
being unloving and judgemental. Help us to be more like you.
Amen