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# John 8

John 8 is chapter 8 of 21 in the Gospel of John. Here are all 59 verses in the Catholic Public Domain Version, with the Latin of the Clementine Vulgate beside them.

> The woman taken in adultery. Christ justifies his doctrine.
>
> — Bp. Richard Challoner, chapter summary

## John 8 (Catholic Public Domain Version)

1. But Jesus continued on to the Mount of Olives.
2. And early in the morning, he went again to the temple; and all the people came to him. And sitting down, he taught them.
3. Now the scribes and Pharisees brought forward a woman caught in adultery, and they stood her in front of them.
4. And they said to him: “Teacher, this woman was just now caught in adultery.
5. And in the law, Moses commanded us to stone such a one. Therefore, what do you say?”
6. But they were saying this to test him, so that they might be able to accuse him. Then Jesus bent down and wrote with his finger on the earth.
7. And then, when they persevered in questioning him, he stood upright and said to them, “Let whoever is without sin among you be the first to cast a stone at her.”
8. And bending down again, he wrote on the earth.
9. But upon hearing this, they went away, one by one, beginning with the eldest. And Jesus alone remained, with the woman standing in front of him.
10. Then Jesus, raising himself up, said to her: “Woman, where are those who accused you? Has no one condemned you?”
11. And she said, “No one, Lord.” Then Jesus said: “Neither will I condemn you. Go, and now do not choose to sin anymore.”
12. Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying: “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me does not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.”
13. And so the Pharisees said to him, “You offer testimony about yourself; your testimony is not true.”
14. Jesus responded and said to them: “Even though I offer testimony about myself, my testimony is true, for I know where I came from and where I am going.
15. You judge according to the flesh. I do not judge anyone.
16. And when I do judge, my judgment is true. For I am not alone, but it is I and he who sent me: the Father.
17. And it is written in your law that the testimony of two men is true.
18. I am one who offers testimony about myself, and the Father who sent me offers testimony about me.”
19. Therefore, they said to him, “Where is your Father?” Jesus answered: “You know neither me, nor my Father. If you did know me, perhaps you would know my Father also.”
20. Jesus spoke these words at the treasury, while teaching in the temple. And no one apprehended him, because his hour had not yet come.
21. Therefore, Jesus again spoke to them: “I am going, and you shall seek me. And you will die in your sin. Where I am going, you are not able to go.”
22. And so the Jews said, “Is he going to kill himself, for he said: ‘Where I am going, you are not able to go?’”
23. And he said to them: “You are from below. I am from above. You are of this world. I am not of this world.
24. Therefore, I said to you, that you will die in your sins. For if you will not believe that I am, you will die in your sin.”
25. And so they said to him, “Who are you?” Jesus said to them: “The Beginning, who is also speaking to you.
26. I have much to say about you and to judge. But he who sent me is true. And what I have heard from him, this I speak within the world.”
27. And they did not realize that he was calling God his Father.
28. And so Jesus said to them: “When you will have lifted up the Son of man, then you shall realize that I am, and that I do nothing of myself, but just as the Father has taught me, so do I speak.
29. And he who sent me is with me, and he has not abandoned me alone. For I always do what is pleasing to him.”
30. As he was speaking these things, many believed in him.
31. Therefore, Jesus said to those Jews who believed in him: “If you will abide in my word, you will truly be my disciples.
32. And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall set you free.”
33. They answered him: “We are the offspring of Abraham, and we have never been a slave to anyone. How can you say, ‘You shall be set free?’”
34. Jesus answered them: “Amen, amen, I say to you, that everyone who commits sin is a slave of sin.
35. Now the slave does not abide in the house for eternity. Yet the Son does abide in eternity.
36. Therefore, if the Son has set you free, then you will truly be free.
37. I know that you are sons of Abraham. But you are seeking to kill me, because my word has not taken hold in you.
38. I speak what I have seen with my Father. And you do what you have seen with your father.”
39. They responded and said to him, “Abraham is our father.” Jesus said to them: “If you are the sons of Abraham, then do the works of Abraham.
40. But now you are seeking to kill me, a man who has spoken the truth to you, which I have heard from God. This is not what Abraham did.
41. You do the works of your father.” Therefore, they said to him: “We were not born out of fornication. We have one father: God.”
42. Then Jesus said to them: “If God were your father, certainly you would love me. For I proceeded and came from God. For I did not come from myself, but he sent me.
43. Why do you not recognize my speech? It is because you are not able to hear my word.
44. You are of your father, the devil. And you will carry out the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning. And he did not stand in the truth, because the truth is not in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks it from his own self. For he is a liar, and the father of lies.
45. But if I speak the truth, you do not believe me.
46. Which of you can convict me of sin? If I speak the truth to you, why do you not believe me?
47. Whoever is of God, hears the words of God. For this reason, you do not hear them: because you are not of God.”
48. Therefore, the Jews responded and said to him, “Are we not correct in saying that you are a Samaritan, and that you have a demon?”
49. Jesus responded: “I do not have a demon. But I honor my Father, and you have dishonored me.
50. But I am not seeking my own glory. There is One who seeks and judges.
51. Amen, amen, I say to you, if anyone will have kept my word, he will not see death for eternity.”
52. Therefore, the Jews said: “Now we know that you have a demon. Abraham is dead, and the Prophets; and yet you say, ‘If anyone will have kept my word, he shall not taste death for eternity.’
53. Are you greater than our father Abraham, who is dead? And the prophets are dead. So who do you make yourself to be?”
54. Jesus responded: “If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing. It is my Father who glorifies me. And you say about him that he is your God.
55. And yet you have not known him. But I know him. And if I were to say that I do not know him, then I would be like you, a liar. But I know him, and I keep his word.
56. Abraham, your father, rejoiced that he might see my day; he saw it and was glad.”
57. And so the Jews said to him, “You have not yet reached fifty years, and you have seen Abraham?”
58. Jesus said to them, “Amen, amen, I say to you, before Abraham was made, I am.”
59. Therefore, they took up stones to cast at him. But Jesus hid himself, and he departed from the temple.

## John 8 in Latin (Clementine Vulgate, 1592)

1. Jesus autem perrexit in montem Oliveti:
2. et diluculo iterum venit in templum, et omnis populus venit ad eum, et sedens docebat eos.
3. Adducunt autem scribæ et pharisæi mulierem in adulterio deprehensam: et statuerunt eam in medio,
4. et dixerunt ei: Magister, hæc mulier modo deprehensa est in adulterio.
5. In lege autem Moyses mandavit nobis hujusmodi lapidare. Tu ergo quid dicis?
6. Hoc autem dicebant tentantes eum, ut possent accusare eum. Jesus autem inclinans se deorsum, digito scribebat in terra.
7. Cum ergo perseverarent interrogantes eum, erexit se, et dixit eis: Qui sine peccato est vestrum, primus in illam lapidem mittat.
8. Et iterum se inclinans, scribebat in terra.
9. Audientes autem unus post unum exibant, incipientes a senioribus: et remansit solus Jesus, et mulier in medio stans.
10. Erigens autem se Jesus, dixit ei: Mulier, ubi sunt qui te accusabant? nemo te condemnavit?
11. Quæ dixit: Nemo, Domine. Dixit autem Jesus: Nec ego te condemnabo: vade, et jam amplius noli peccare.
12. Iterum ergo locutus est eis Jesus, dicens: Ego sum lux mundi: qui sequitur me, non ambulat in tenebris, sed habebit lumen vitæ.
13. Dixerunt ergo ei pharisæi: Tu de teipso testimonium perhibes; testimonium tuum non est verum.
14. Respondit Jesus, et dixit eis: Et si ego testimonium perhibeo de meipso, verum est testimonium meum: quia scio unde veni et quo vado; vos autem nescitis unde venio aut quo vado.
15. Vos secundum carnem judicatis: ego non judico quemquam;
16. et si judico ego, judicium meum verum est, quia solus non sum: sed ego et qui misit me, Pater.
17. Et in lege vestra scriptum est, quia duorum hominum testimonium verum est.
18. Ego sum qui testimonium perhibeo de meipso, et testimonium perhibet de me qui misit me, Pater.
19. Dicebant ergo ei: Ubi est Pater tuus? Respondit Jesus: Neque me scitis, neque Patrem meum: si me sciretis, forsitan et Patrem meum sciretis.
20. Hæc verba locutus est Jesus in gazophylacio, docens in templo: et nemo apprehendit eum, quia necdum venerat hora ejus.
21. Dixit ergo iterum eis Jesus: Ego vado, et quæretis me, et in peccato vestro moriemini. Quo ego vado, vos non potestis venire.
22. Dicebant ergo Judæi: Numquid interficiet semetipsum, quia dixit: Quo ego vado, vos non potestis venire?
23. Et dicebat eis: Vos de deorsum estis, ego de supernis sum. Vos de mundo hoc estis, ego non sum de hoc mundo.
24. Dixi ergo vobis quia moriemini in peccatis vestris: si enim non credideritis quia ego sum, moriemini in peccato vestro.
25. Dicebant ergo ei: Tu quis es? Dixit eis Jesus: Principium, qui et loquor vobis.
26. Multa habeo de vobis loqui, et judicare; sed qui me misit, verax est; et ego quæ audivi ab eo, hæc loquor in mundo.
27. Et non cognoverunt quia Patrem ejus dicebat Deum.
28. Dixit ergo eis Jesus: Cum exaltaveritis Filium hominis, tunc cognoscetis quia ego sum, et a meipso facio nihil, sed sicut docuit me Pater, hæc loquor:
29. et qui me misit, mecum est, et non reliquit me solum: quia ego quæ placita sunt ei, facio semper.
30. Hæc illo loquente, multi crediderunt in eum.
31. Dicebat ergo Jesus ad eos, qui crediderunt ei, Judæos: Si vos manseritis in sermone meo, vere discipuli mei eritis,
32. et cognoscetis veritatem, et veritas liberabit vos.
33. Responderunt ei: Semen Abrahæ sumus, et nemini servivimus umquam: quomodo tu dicis: Liberi eritis?
34. Respondit eis Jesus: Amen, amen dico vobis: quia omnis qui facit peccatum, servus est peccati.
35. Servus autem non manet in domo in æternum: filius autem manet in æternum.
36. Si ergo vos filius liberaverit, vere liberi eritis.
37. Scio quia filii Abrahæ estis: sed quæritis me interficere, quia sermo meus non capit in vobis.
38. Ego quod vidi apud Patrem meum, loquor: et vos quæ vidistis apud patrem vestrum, facitis.
39. Responderunt, et dixerunt ei: Pater noster Abraham est. Dicit eis Jesus: Si filii Abrahæ estis, opera Abrahæ facite.
40. Nunc autem quæritis me interficere, hominem, qui veritatem vobis locutus sum, quam audivi a Deo: hoc Abraham non fecit.
41. Vos facitis opera patris vestri. Dixerunt itaque ei: Nos ex fornicatione non sumus nati: unum patrem habemus Deum.
42. Dixit ergo eis Jesus: Si Deus pater vester esset, diligeretis utique et me; ego enim ex Deo processi, et veni: neque enim a meipso veni, sed ille me misit.
43. Quare loquelam meam non cognoscitis? Quia non potestis audire sermonem meum.
44. Vos ex patre diabolo estis: et desideria patris vestri vultis facere. Ille homicida erat ab initio, et in veritate non stetit: quia non est veritas in eo: cum loquitur mendacium, ex propriis loquitur, quia mendax est, et pater ejus.
45. Ego autem si veritatem dico, non creditis mihi.
46. Quis ex vobis arguet me de peccato? si veritatem dico vobis, quare non creditis mihi?
47. Qui ex Deo est, verba Dei audit. Propterea vos non auditis, quia ex Deo non estis.
48. Responderunt ergo Judæi, et dixerunt ei: Nonne bene dicimus nos quia Samaritanus es tu, et dæmonium habes?
49. Respondit Jesus: Ego dæmonium non habeo: sed honorifico Patrem meum, et vos inhonorastis me.
50. Ego autem non quæro gloriam meam: est qui quærat, et judicet.
51. Amen, amen dico vobis: si quis sermonem meum servaverit, mortem non videbit in æternum.
52. Dixerunt ergo Judæi: Nunc cognovimus quia dæmonium habes. Abraham mortuus est, et prophetæ; et tu dicis: Si quis sermonem meum servaverit, non gustabit mortem in æternum.
53. Numquid tu major es patre nostro Abraham, qui mortuus est? et prophetæ mortui sunt. Quem teipsum facis?
54. Respondit Jesus: Si ego glorifico meipsum, gloria mea nihil est: est Pater meus, qui glorificat me, quem vos dicitis quia Deus vester est,
55. et non cognovistis eum: ego autem novi eum. Et si dixero quia non scio eum, ero similis vobis, mendax. Sed scio eum, et sermonem ejus servo.
56. Abraham pater vester exsultavit ut videret diem meum: vidit, et gavisus est.
57. Dixerunt ergo Judæi ad eum: Quinquaginta annos nondum habes, et Abraham vidisti?
58. Dixit eis Jesus: Amen, amen dico vobis, antequam Abraham fieret, ego sum.
59. Tulerunt ergo lapides, ut jacerent in eum: Jesus autem abscondit se, et exivit de templo.

## Catechism of the Catholic Church

Paragraph numbers and the Catechism's own section headings (never quoted); text at vatican.va.
- CCC ¶ 583: Jesus and Israel ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 2466: Living in the Truth ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 653: On the Third Day He Rose From the Dead ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 2824: "Thy Will Be Done on Earth as It is in Heaven" ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 603: Jesus Died Crucified ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 1693: Life in Christ ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 2825: "Thy Will Be Done on Earth as It is in Heaven" ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 89: The Interpretation of the Heritage of Faith ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 588: Jesus and Israel ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 601: Jesus Died Crucified ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 549: The Mysteries of Christ's Life ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 613: Jesus Died Crucified ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 392: The Fall ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 394: The Fall ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 2482: Offenses Against Truth ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 2852: "And Lead Us not into Temptation" ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 391: The Fall ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 578: Jesus and Israel ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 574: Jesus and Israel ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 590: Jesus and Israel ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))

## Read at Mass (US)

- Mon, Nov 16, 2026: Monday of the Thirty-third Week in Ordinary Time — Alleluia, John 8:12
- Wed, Feb 24, 2027: Wednesday of the Second Week of Lent — Verse before the Gospel, John 8:12
- Mon, Mar 15, 2027: Monday of the Fifth Week of Lent — Gospel, John 8:1-11
- Tue, Mar 16, 2027: Tuesday of the Fifth Week of Lent — Gospel, John 8:21-30

23 more dates through December 31, 2028, in the [liturgical calendar](https://blessbible.app/calendar/).

Citations as published in the USCCB liturgical calendar (principal Mass, first option).

Source: Catholic Public Domain Version (Ronald L. Conte Jr., 2009), public domain; Latin: Clementine Vulgate (1592).