Matthew 15:1-19:2 THEN came to Jeshu Pharishee and Sophree,Scribes. who were from Urishlem, saying,

Etheridge⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ THEN came to Jeshu Pharishee and Sophree,[Scribes.] who were from Urishlem, saying, ² Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders, and wash not their hands when they eat bread? ³ Jeshu answered, and said to them, Why also do ye transgress the commandment of Aloha for the sake of your tradition? ⁴ For Aloha hath said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and whoso curseth his father or his mother, to die he shall die: ⁵ but ye say, Every one who shall say to a father, or to a mother, (It is) my oblation whatever thou wouldst be profited by me, and shall not honour his father or his mother (shall be guiltless). ⁶ Thus you have abolished the word of Aloha for the sake of your tradition. ⁷ Ye hypocrites! rightly prophesied concerning you Eshaia the prophet, and said, ⁸ This people with the lips honour me, but their heart (is) very far from me. ⁹ But in vain they reverence me, while they teach the doctrines of the commandments of men.[Sons of men.] ¹⁰ And he called to the multitudes, and said to them, Hear, and understand: ¹¹ It is not that which, entering the mouth, contaminates a man; but that which shall come from the mouth, that contaminates a man. ¹² Then drew near his disciples, saying to him, Knowest thou that the Pharishee who heard this word were offended? ¹³ But he answered, and said to them, Every plantation which my Father who is in heaven hath not planted shall be rooted up. ¹⁴ Leave them: they are blind leaders of the blind; but if a blind man shall lead a blind man, both shall fall into the ditch. ¹⁵ And Shemun Kipha answered and said, My Lord, expound to us this parable. ¹⁶ But he said to them, Do you also not yet understand? ¹⁷ Know you not that whatsoever entereth the mouth, goeth into the belly, and from thence in purification it is cast without? ¹⁸ But whatsoever from the mouth shall come forth, from the heart cometh forth, and this [it is that] contaminates a child of man. ¹⁹ For from the heart proceed evil thoughts, adultery, murder, fornication, robbery, false witness, blasphemy. ²⁰ These are they which defile a man; but if any one eat when his hands are not washed, he is not defiled. ²¹ AND Jeshu went forth from thence, and came to the borders of Tsur and Tsaidon. ²² And, beheld, a Canaanite woman from those coasts came forth crying, and saying, Have mercy upon me, my Lord, son of David! my daughter is grievously possessed with the demon! ²³ But he did not return her an answer. And the disciples approached and requested from him, saying, Dismiss her, for she crieth after us. ²⁴ But he answered and said to them, I am not sent but to the sheep which have wandered from the house of Israel. ²⁵ Then she came, worshipped him, and said, My Lord, help me! ²⁶ Jeshu said to her, It is not proper to take the children's bread and throw it to the dogs. ²⁷ But she said, Even so, my Lord; yet the dogs eat from the crumbs that fall from the tables of their masters, and live. ²⁸ Then said Jeshu to her, O woman, great is thy faith! be it to thee as thou wilt! And healed was her daughter from that hour. ²⁹ And Jeshu passed from thence, and came near the sea of Galila; and he ascended the mountain and sat there. ³⁰ And there drew near to him great gatherings (of people), and with them there were the lame, and the blind, and the dumb, and the mutilated, and many others; and they cast them at the feet of Jeshu, and he healed them. ³¹ So that those multitudes were astounded as they beheld the dumb speaking, and the mutilated made whole, and the lame walking, and the blind seeing; and they glorified the Aloha of Isroel. ³² BUT Jeshu himself called his disciples, and said to them, I have pity for this multitude, who, behold, for three days have continued with me, but there is nothing for them to eat; and to send them away fasting, I am unwilling, lest they should faint in the way. ³³ The disciples say to him, Whence can we have bread in the wilderness, that we may satisfy this whole multitude? ³⁴ Jeshu saith to them, How many loaves have you? They say to him, Seven, and a few small fishes. ³⁵ And he directed that the multitudes should recline upon the ground. ³⁶ And he took those seven loaves and the fishes, and offered praise, and brake, and gave to his disciples, and the disciples gave to the multitudes; ³⁷ and they all did eat and were satisfied: and they took up of the abundance of fragments seven baskets full. ³⁸ And they who had eaten, were four thousand men, besides women and children. ³⁹ And when he had dismissed the multitudes, he ascended into a ship, and came to the coasts of Magodu. ¹⁶ ¹ And there came Pharishee and Zadukoyee, tempting him, and demanding that he would show them a sign from heaven. ² But he answered and said to them, When it is evening, you say, It will be serene weather, for the heaven hath reddened. ³ And in the early morning you say, To-day will be tempestuous, for the heaven hath reddened gloomily. Hypocrites! the aspect of the heaven you are skilful to discriminate, (but) the signs of this time you know not how to distinguish. ⁴ A depraved and adulterous race requireth a sign, but a sign shall not be given to it, save the sign of Jaunon the prophet; and he left them, and went away. ⁵ And when his disciples had come to the opposite [shore], they had forgotten to take bread with them. ⁶ But he said to them, Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharishee and Zadukoyee. ⁷ But they thought within themselves, saying, (It is) because bread we have not taken. ⁸ But Jeshu knew, and said to them, Why reason you within yourselves, little in faith, because bread you have not brought? ⁹ Have you not yet understood? Do you not remember those five loaves for the five thousand, and how many panniers you took up? ¹⁰ Or those seven loaves and the four thousand, and how many baskets you took up? ¹¹ Why do you not understand that it was not concerning bread I spoke to you, but that you should beware of the leaven of the Pharishee and of the Zadukoyee? ¹² Then they understood that he did not say that they should beware of the leaven of bread, but of the doctrine of the Pharishee and of the Zadukoyee. ¹³ NOW when Jeshu had come to the place of Cesarea of Philipos, he questioned his disciples, saying, What do men say concerning me who am the Son of man? ¹⁴ They said to him, Some say that thou art Juchanon the Baptizer, but others Elia, and others Eramia, or one from the prophets. ¹⁵ He saith to them, But you, whom say you that I am? ¹⁶ Shemun Kipha answered and said, Thou art the Meshicha, Son of Aloha the Living. ¹⁷ Jeshu responded and said to him, Blessed art thou, Shemun-bar-Jona; because flesh and blood have not revealed (this) to thee, but my Father who is in heaven. ¹⁸ Also I say unto thee, that thou art Kipha, and upon this rock will I build my church, and the gates of Sheul shall not prevail against her. ¹⁹ To thee will I give the keys of the kingdom of heaven; and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth, shall be bound in heaven; and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth, shall be loosed in heaven. ²⁰ Then he commanded his disciples that no man they should tell that he was the Meshicha. ²¹ AND from that time began Jeshu to show to his disciples that it was to be that he should go to Urishlem, and suffer much from the elders and the chief priests and scribes, and be slain, and the third day arise again. ²² Then Kipha took him (apart?) and began to expostulate with him, and said, Far be it from thee, my Lord, that this should be to thee! ²³ But he turned and said to Kipha, Get thee behind me, Satana! thou art a stumbling-block to me, because thou thinkest not from Aloha, but from the sons of men! ²⁴ Then said Jeshu to his disciples. Whosoever willeth to come after me, let him deny himself, and let him take up his cross and follow me. ²⁵ For whosoever willeth to save his life, shall lose it; and whosoever will lose his life for my sake, shall find it. ²⁶ For what shall a man be profited, if the whole world he shall acquire, and his soul shall perish? or what equivalent shall a man give for his soul? ²⁷ For it is to be, that the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his holy angels, and then shall he render unto every man according to his works. ²⁸ AMEN, I say unto you, There are men standing here who shall not taste death, until they shall have seen the Son of man coming in his kingdom. ¹⁷ ¹ And after six days, Jeshu took Kipha, and Jakub, and Juchanon his brother, and led them to a high mountain by themselves. ² And Jeshu was changed before them; and his countenance shone like the sun, and his vestments were resplendent as the light. ³ And there were seen with them Musha and Elia talking with him. ⁴ Then answered Kipha, and said to Jeshu, My Lord, it is good for us to be here; and if thou art willing, we will make here three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Musha, and one for Elia. ⁵ But while he spake, behold, a bright cloud overspread them, and the voice was from the cloud, saying, This is my Son, the Beloved, in whom I have delighted: to him attend. ⁶ And when the disciples heard, they fell upon their faces and feared greatly. ⁷ And Jeshu approached them and touched them, and said, Arise, fear not. ⁸ And they lifted up their eyes and saw no man, except Jeshu by himself. ⁹ And while they were descending from the mountain, Jeshu charged them, and said to them, Before no man declare this vision,* until the Son of man be risen from the dead.** [* To the eye of man tell not this vision. ** From (among) the dead: plural.] ¹⁰ And the disciples asked and said to him, Why therefore say the scribes that Elia must come first? ¹¹ Jeshu answered and said to them, Elia cometh first that he may fulfil every thing; ¹² but I say to you, that, behold, Elia hath come, but they knew him not, and have done to him as they would. So also is the Son of man to suffer from them. ¹³ Then understood the disciples that concerning Juchanon the Baptizer he spake to them. ¹⁴ AND when they came to the multitude, a man approached him and kneeled upon his knees, ¹⁵ and said to him, My Lord, have mercy on me! my son is lunatic and grievously afflicted; for often he falleth into the fire and often into the water. ¹⁶ And I brought him to thy disciples, but they could not heal him. ¹⁷ Jeshu answered and said, O unbelieving and perverse generation! how long shall I be with you, how long shall I bear with you? Bring him hither to me. ¹⁸ And Jeshu rebuked him, and the demon went forth from him, and the youth was healed from that hour. ¹⁹ Then came the disciples to Jeshu by himself, and said to him, Why were we not able to heal him? ²⁰ Jeshu saith to them, Because of your unbelief; for assuredly I tell you, if there were in you faith as a grain of mustard, you should say to this mountain, Pass hence, and it would pass away; and nothing should overcome you. ²¹ But this kind goeth not forth but by fasting and by prayer. ²² WHEN they had returned into Galila, Jeshu said to them, It is coming that the Son of man shall be delivered into the hands of men, ²³ and they shall kill him; and in the third day he shall arise. And it grieved them exceedingly. ²⁴ And when they came to Kapher-nachum, they who took the two zuzis, the head-silver, approached Kipha and said to him, Your master, doth he not give his two zuzeen?[The zuz, or zuza, was a silver coin, value one drachm.] ²⁵ He saith to them, Yes. And when Kipha entered the house, Jeshu anticipated him, and said to him, How doth it appear to thee, Shemun? the kings of the earth, from whom do they take custom and headsilver, from their children, or from aliens? ²⁶ Shemun saith to him, From aliens: Jeshu saith to him, Then the children are free.[Sons of the free.] ²⁷ But that we may not offend them, go to the sea, and cast the hook; and the fish that first cometh up, open his mouth; and thou shalt find a stater, that take and present for me and thee. ¹⁸ ¹ IN that hour the disciples came near to Jeshu, saying, Who is greatest in the kingdom of heaven? ² And Jeshu called a child, and made him stand in the midst of them, ³ and said, Amen I say to you, unless you be converted and become as children, you shall not enter the kingdom of heaven. ⁴ Whosoever therefore humbleth himself as this child, he shall be greatest in the kingdom of heaven. ⁵ And whosoever shall receive [such] as [are] like this child in my name, he receiveth me. ⁶ And every one that shall offend one of these little ones who believe in me, to him it had been better that the mill-stone of an ass* were hung to his neck, and himself plunged into the depths of the sea. [* That is, the stone of a mill worked by an ass or mule.] ⁷ Woe to the world from causes of offence! for it is unavoidable that causes of offence will come; but woe to the man by whom [By whose hand.] the causes of offence shall come! ⁸ If, then, thine hand or thy foot shall be a cause of offence to thee, cut it off, and cast it from thee; for it is good for thee that thou enter into life [Lives.] lame or mutilated; and not that, having two hands or two feet, thou fall into the fire of eternity. ⁹ And if thine eye be a cause of offence to thee, dig it out, and cast it from thee; good (it is) for thee that with one eye thou enter into life;[Lives.] and not that, having two eyes, thou fall into the gihâna of fire. ¹⁰ See that you contemn not one of these little ones: for I say unto you that their angels in all time are beholding the face of my Father who is in heaven. ¹¹ For the Son of man is come to save that which had perished. ¹² How doth it appear to you? if a man have an hundred sheep, and one of them shall wander from them, doth he not leave the ninety and nine on the mountain, and, going, seek that which had wandered? ¹³ And if he shall find it, assuredly I tell you that he rejoiceth in it more than (in) the ninety and nine which wandered not. ¹⁴ So it is not good [Ad lit., " The will."] before your Father who is in heaven, that one of these little ones should perish. ¹⁵ NOW if thy brother offend against thee, go, and argue (the matter) between thyself and him alone; and if he hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother. ¹⁶ But if he hear thee not, take with thee one or two, that upon the mouth of two or three witnesses may be established every word. ¹⁷ And if, also, he will not hear them, tell the church; but if he will neither hear the church, let him be to thee as a publican and as a heathen. ¹⁸ And, Amen I say unto you, that whatsoever you shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven; and whatsoever you shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. ¹⁹ Again I say to you, that if two of you shall consent on earth concerning every thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them by my Father who is in heaven. ²⁰ For where two or three are assembled in my name, there am I in the midst of them. ²¹ Then Kipha came near to him, and said to him, My Lord, how many times, if my brother offend me, shall I forgive him; until seven times? ²² Jeshu said to him, I say not to thee, Until seven, but, Until seventy times seven and seven. [Septuaginta vices septem, et septem vices: vel septuagies septies et septies; id est, quatuordecim vicibus septuagies. Vide TREMELLIUM, in loc.] ²³ THEREFORE is the kingdom of the heavens likened to a royal person [A man a king.] who would take the account from his servants. ²⁴ And when he began to receive, they brought to him one who owed a myriad talents. ²⁵ And when he had nothing to pay, his lord commanded that they should sell (both) himself, his wife, and his children, and all that he had, and to pay. ²⁶ And that servant fell and worshipped him, saying, My lord, be patient of spirit toward me, and all things I (will) pay thee. ²⁷ And the lord of that servant had mercy, and absolved him, and forgave him his debt. ²⁸ Then went forth that servant, and found one of his fellows who owed him a hundred pence; and he seized him, strangling, and saying to him, Give me what thou owest to me. ²⁹ His fellow-servant fell at his feet, beseeching him, and saying, Be patient of spirit towards me, and I (will) pay thee. ³⁰ But he would not, but went and threw him into the house of the chained until he should have rendered him what he owed him. ³¹ When their fellow-servants saw what was done, they were greatly grieved, and went and declared to their lord all that was done. ³² Then his lord summoned him and said to him, Evil servant! all that debt did I forgive thee, because thou didst entreat me. ³³ Oughtest thou not to have been as gracious to thy fellow-servant as I was gracious unto thee? ³⁴ And his lord was indignant, and delivered him to the tormentors, until he should have paid all whatsoever he owed to him. ³⁵ Thus will your heavenly Father deal with you unless you forgive each his brother from your heart his trespasses. ¹⁹ ¹ AND it was that when Jeshu had finished these words, he removed from Galila and came into the confines of Jehud beyond Jurdan. ² And great multitudes came after him, and he healed them there.