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for sure. I was overjoyed. I always wanted to be a
teacher and a writer of short stories. And I love the short

stories in the Bible.

Here is an example of one of them.

John 8: 3–11 (paraphrase)

Jesus the Light of the World

They dragged her—kicking and screaming, half-
naked—down the street where Jesus was teaching a

crowd of people in the square. This woman, they said,

was caught in the act of adultery. With stones in hand,
they demanded that she be stoned to death, according to

Moses’ law.

Jesus stooped down, wrote on the ground, then stood up

and said, "He who is without sin among you, let him
throw a stone at her first." (v7, NKJV). With that said,

they all dropped their stones and left.

Jesus then said to the woman, "Where are your accusers
now? Has no one condemned you?” She said, “No one,

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