Section XX.

Section XX.

[1] ¹⁴⁰²And Jesus knew within himself that his disciples were murmuring because of [2] that, and he said unto them, Doth this trouble you?  ¹⁴⁰³What if ye should see the Son [3] of man then ascend to the place where he was of old?  ¹⁴⁰⁴It is the spirit that quickeneth, and the body profiteth nothing:  the words¹⁴⁰⁵ that I speak unto you are spirit [4] and life.  ¹⁴⁰⁶But there are some of you that do not believe.  And Jesus knew beforehand who they were who should¹⁴⁰⁷ not believe, and who it was that should betray [5] him.  ¹⁴⁰⁸And he said unto them, Therefore I said unto you, No man can come unto me, if that hath not been given him by the Father.

[6] [Arabic, p. 78] ¹⁴⁰⁹And because of this word many of his disciples turned back and walked [7] not with him.  ¹⁴¹⁰And Jesus said unto the twelve, Do ye haply also wish to [8] go away?  ¹⁴¹¹Simon Cephas answered and said, My Lord, to whom shall we go? thou [9] hast the words of eternal life.  ¹⁴¹²And we have believed and known that thou art the [10] Messiah, the Son of the living God.  ¹⁴¹³Jesus said unto them, Did not I choose you, [11] ye company of the twelve, and of you one is a devil?  ¹⁴¹⁴He said that because of Judas the son of Simon Iscariot; for he, being of the twelve, was purposed to¹⁴¹⁵ betray him.

[12] ¹⁴¹⁶And while he was speaking, one of the Pharisees came asking of him that he [13] would eat with him:  and he went in, and reclined to meat.  ¹⁴¹⁷And that Pharisee, when [14] he saw it,¹⁴¹⁸ marvelled that he had not first cleansed himself before his eating.  ¹⁴¹⁹Jesus said unto him, Now do ye Pharisees wash the outside of the cup and the dish, and ye think that ye are cleansed; but your inside is full of injustice and wickedness.

[15, 16] ¹⁴²⁰Ye of little mind, did not he that made the outside make the inside?  ¹⁴²¹Now give what ye have¹⁴²² in alms, and everything shall be clean unto you.

[17, 18] ¹⁴²³And there came to him Pharisees and scribes, come from Jerusalem.  ¹⁴²⁴And when they saw some of his disciples eating bread while they had not washed their hands, [19] they found fault.  ¹⁴²⁵For all of the Jews and the Pharisees, if they wash not their [20] hands thoroughly, eat not; for they held¹⁴²⁶ to the ordinance¹⁴²⁷ of the elders.  ¹⁴²⁸And they ate not what was bought from the market, except they washed it; and many other things did they keep of what they had received, such as the washing of cups, and [21] measures, and vessels of brass, and couches.  ¹⁴²⁹And scribes¹⁴³⁰ and Pharisees asked him, [Arabic, p. 79] Why do thy disciples not walk according to the ordinances of the elders, but [22] eat bread without washing their hands?  ¹⁴³¹Jesus answered and said unto them, Why do ye also overstep the command of God by reason of your ordinance?  [23] ¹⁴³²God said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, Whosoever revileth his father and [24] his mother shall surely die.  ¹⁴³³But ye say, If a man say to his father or to his mother, [25] What thou receivest¹⁴³⁴ from me is an offering,—¹⁴³⁵and ye¹⁴³⁶ suffer him not to do anything [26] for his father or his mother; ¹⁴³⁷and ye¹⁴³⁸ make void and reject the word of God by reason of the ordinance that ye have ordained and commanded, such as the washing [27] of cups and measures, and what resembles that ye do much.  ¹⁴³⁹And ye forsook [28] the command of God, and held to the ordinance of men.  ¹⁴⁴⁰Do¹⁴⁴¹ ye well to wrong¹⁴⁴² [29] the command of God in order that ye may establish your ordinance?  ¹⁴⁴³Ye hypocrites, well did Isaiah the prophet prophesy concerning you, and say,

[30] ¹⁴⁴⁴This people honoureth me with its¹⁴⁴⁵ lips;

But their heart is very far from me.

[31] ¹⁴⁴⁶But in vain do they fear me,

In that they teach the commands of men.

[32] ¹⁴⁴⁷And Jesus called all the multitude, and said unto them, Hear me, all of you, and [33] understand:  ¹⁴⁴⁸nothing without the man, which then enters him, is able to defile him; [34] but what goeth out of him, that it is which defileth the man.  ¹⁴⁴⁹He that hath ears [35] that hear, let him hear.  ¹⁴⁵⁰Then his disciples drew near, and said unto him, Knowest [36] thou that the Pharisees which heard this word were angry?  ¹⁴⁵¹He answered and said unto them, Every plant which my Father which is in heaven planted not shall be [37] [Arabic, p. 80] uprooted.  ¹⁴⁵²Let them alone; for they are blind leading blind.  And if the blind lead¹⁴⁵³ the blind, both of them shall fall into a hollow.

[38] ¹⁴⁵⁴And when Jesus entered the house from the multitude, Simon Cephas asked him, [39] and said unto him, My Lord, explain to us that parable.  ¹⁴⁵⁵He said unto them, Do ye also thus not understand?  Know ye not that everything that entereth into the [40] man from without cannot defile him; ¹⁴⁵⁶because it entereth not into his heart; it entereth into his stomach only, and thence is cast forth in the cleansing which maketh [41] clean all the food?^{1457  1458}The thing which goeth forth from the mouth of the man proceedeth [42] from his heart, and it is that which defileth the man.  ¹⁴⁵⁹From within¹⁴⁶⁰ the [43] heart of men proceed evil thoughts, ¹⁴⁶¹fornication, adultery, theft, false witness, murder, injustice, wickedness, deceit, stupidity, evil eye, calumny, pride, foolishness:  [44] ¹⁴⁶²these evils all of them from within proceed from the heart, and they are the things [45] which defile the man:  ¹⁴⁶³but if a man eat while he washeth not his hands, he is not defiled.

[46] ¹⁴⁶⁴And Jesus went out thence, and came to the borders of Tyre and Sidon.  And he entered into a certain house, and desired that no man should know it;¹⁴⁶⁵ and [47] he could not be hid.  ¹⁴⁶⁶But straightway a Canaanitish woman, whose daughter had an [48, 49] unclean spirit, heard of him.  ¹⁴⁶⁷And that woman was a Gentile of Emesa of Syria.  ¹⁴⁶⁸And she came out after him, crying out, and saying, Have mercy upon me, my Lord, thou [50] son of David; for my daughter is seized in an evil way by Satan.^{1469  1470}And he answered [Arabic, p. 81] her not a word.  And his disciples came and besought him, and said, Send [51] her away:  for she crieth after us.  ¹⁴⁷¹He answered and said unto them, I was [52] not sent except to the sheep that are gone astray of the house of Israel.  ¹⁴⁷²But she came and worshipped him, and said, My Lord, help me, have mercy upon me.

[53] ¹⁴⁷³Jesus said unto her, It is not seemly that the children’s bread should be taken and [54] thrown to the dogs.  ¹⁴⁷⁴But she said, Yea, my Lord:  the dogs also eat of the crumbs [55] that fall from their masters’ tables, and live.  ¹⁴⁷⁵Then said Jesus unto her, O woman, [56] great is thy faith:  it shall be unto thee as thou hast desired.  ¹⁴⁷⁶Go then thy way; and [57] because of this word, the devil is gone out of thy daughter.  ¹⁴⁷⁷And her daughter was [58] healed in that hour.  ¹⁴⁷⁸And that woman went away to her house, and found her daughter laid upon the bed, and the devil gone out of her.