Do you think of yourself as completely unbiased? When was the last time you remember “taking sides”? Prejudice (literally ‘judging before time’) is part of our human nature. We absorb it unconsciously from the society we live in, and also from our friends and family. If you were an Australian aboriginal you wouldn’t think twice before eating a witchetty grub – yet that’s not the first thing you may want to include in your diet. Gossip also breeds prejudice – hearing what someone else says of another influences our attitude to that person. On one occasion Jesus was confronted by a hostile crowd surrounding a woman they had caught in the act of adultery. They claimed: “Teacher, this woman was caught in the act of adultery. In the Law Moses commanded us to stone such women. Now what do you say?” Jesus, apparently ignoring their question, the crowd continued to demand an answer. So he straightened up and said to them, “If any one of you is without sin, let him be the first to throw a stone at her.” At this, those who heard began to go away one at a time, the older ones first, until only Jesus was left, with the woman still standing there. Jesus straightened up and asked her, “Woman, where are they? Has no-one condemned you?” “No-one, sir,” she said. “Then neither do I condemn you,” Jesus declared. “Go now and leave your life of sin.” Here was a man who exhibited no prejudice in His interactions with others. He is described as a man who did not need another telling him about a man, for he knew what was in a man.