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Section XX.

[1] ¹⁴⁰²

¹⁴⁰² John vi. 61.
And Jesus knew within himself that his disciples were murmuring because of [2] that, and he said unto them, Doth this trouble you? ¹⁴⁰³

¹⁴⁰³ John vi. 62.
What if ye should see the Son [3] of man then ascend to the place where he was of old? ¹⁴⁰⁴

¹⁴⁰⁴ John vi. 63.
It is the spirit that quickeneth, and the body profiteth nothing: the words¹⁴⁰⁵

¹⁴⁰⁵ Lit. speech.
that I speak unto you are spirit [4] and life. ¹⁴⁰⁶

¹⁴⁰⁶ John vi. 64.
But there are some of you that do not believe. And Jesus knew beforehand who they were who should¹⁴⁰⁷

¹⁴⁰⁷ Or, did.
not believe, and who it was that should betray [5] him. ¹⁴⁰⁸

¹⁴⁰⁸ John vi. 65.
And 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] ¹⁴⁰⁹

¹⁴⁰⁹ John vi. 66.
And because of this word many of his disciples turned back and walked [7] not with him. ¹⁴¹⁰

¹⁴¹⁰ John vi. 67.
And Jesus said unto the twelve, Do ye haply also wish to [8] go away? ¹⁴¹¹

¹⁴¹¹ John vi. 68.
Simon Cephas answered and said, My Lord, to whom shall we go? thou [9] hast the words of eternal life. ¹⁴¹²

¹⁴¹² John vi. 69.
And we have believed and known that thou art the [10] Messiah, the Son of the living God. ¹⁴¹³

¹⁴¹³ John vi. 70.
Jesus said unto them, Did not I choose you, [11] ye company of the twelve, and of you one is a devil? ¹⁴¹⁴

¹⁴¹⁴ John vi. 71.
He said that because of Judas the son of Simon Iscariot; for he, being of the twelve, was purposed to¹⁴¹⁵

¹⁴¹⁵ Or, was to.
betray him.

[12] ¹⁴¹⁶

¹⁴¹⁶ Luke xi. 37.
And 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. ¹⁴¹⁷

¹⁴¹⁷ Luke xi. 38.
And that Pharisee, when [14] he saw it,¹⁴¹⁸

¹⁴¹⁸ Or, him.
marvelled that he had not first cleansed himself before his eating. ¹⁴¹⁹

¹⁴¹⁹ Luke xi. 39.
Jesus 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] ¹⁴²⁰

¹⁴²⁰ Luke xi. 40.
Ye of little mind, did not he that made the outside make the inside? ¹⁴²¹

¹⁴²¹ Luke xi. 41.
Now give what ye have¹⁴²²

¹⁴²² cf. Peshitta.
in alms, and everything shall be clean unto you.

[17, 18] ¹⁴²³

¹⁴²³ Mark vii. 1.
And there came to him Pharisees and scribes, come from Jerusalem. ¹⁴²⁴

¹⁴²⁴ Mark vii. 2.
And when they saw some of his disciples eating bread while they had not washed their hands, [19] they found fault. ¹⁴²⁵

¹⁴²⁵ Mark vii. 3.
For all of the Jews and the Pharisees, if they wash not their [20] hands thoroughly, eat not; for they held¹⁴²⁶

¹⁴²⁶ i.e., were holding.
to the ordinance¹⁴²⁷

¹⁴²⁷ Or, custom, tradition; and so wherever the word occurs.
of the elders. ¹⁴²⁸

¹⁴²⁸ Mark vii. 4.
And 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. ¹⁴²⁹

¹⁴²⁹ Mark vii. 5.
And scribes¹⁴³⁰

¹⁴³⁰ Sic.
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? ¹⁴³¹

¹⁴³¹ Matt. xv. 3.
Jesus answered and said unto them, Why do ye also overstep the command of God by reason of your ordinance? [23] ¹⁴³²

¹⁴³² Matt. xv. 4a; Mark vii. 10b.
God said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, Whosoever revileth his father and [24] his mother shall surely die. ¹⁴³³

¹⁴³³ Mark vii. 11.
But ye say, If a man say to his father or to his mother, [25] What thou receivest¹⁴³⁴

¹⁴³⁴ The printed Arabic text has he receiveth and they, resulting from a misplacement of diacritical points by an Arabic copyist.
from me is an offering,—¹⁴³⁵

¹⁴³⁵ Mark vii. 12.
and ye¹⁴³⁶

¹⁴³⁶ The printed Arabic text has he receiveth and they, resulting from a misplacement of diacritical points by an Arabic copyist.
suffer him not to do anything [26] for his father or his mother; ¹⁴³⁷

¹⁴³⁷ Mark vii. 13.
and ye¹⁴³⁸

¹⁴³⁸ The printed Arabic text has he receiveth and they, resulting from a misplacement of diacritical points by an Arabic copyist.
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. ¹⁴³⁹

¹⁴³⁹ Mark vii. 8.
And ye forsook [28] the command of God, and held to the ordinance of men. ¹⁴⁴⁰

¹⁴⁴⁰ Mark vii. 9.
Do¹⁴⁴¹

¹⁴⁴¹ Here begins verse 9 in Greek.
ye well to wrong¹⁴⁴²

¹⁴⁴² The Syriac word for injure also means reject, deny.
[29] the command of God in order that ye may establish your ordinance? ¹⁴⁴³

¹⁴⁴³ Matt. xv. 7.
Ye hypocrites, well did Isaiah the prophet prophesy concerning you, and say,

[30] ¹⁴⁴⁴

¹⁴⁴⁴ Matt. xv. 8.
This people honoureth me with its¹⁴⁴⁵

¹⁴⁴⁵ Sic.
lips;

But their heart is very far from me.

[31] ¹⁴⁴⁶

¹⁴⁴⁶ Matt. xv. 9.
But in vain do they fear me,

In that they teach the commands of men.

[32] ¹⁴⁴⁷

¹⁴⁴⁷ Mark vii. 14.
And Jesus called all the multitude, and said unto them, Hear me, all of you, and [33] understand: ¹⁴⁴⁸

¹⁴⁴⁸ Mark vii. 15.
nothing 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. ¹⁴⁴⁹

¹⁴⁴⁹ Mark vii. 16.
He that hath ears [35] that hear, let him hear. ¹⁴⁵⁰

¹⁴⁵⁰ Matt. xv. 12.
Then his disciples drew near, and said unto him, Knowest [36] thou that the Pharisees which heard this word were angry? ¹⁴⁵¹

¹⁴⁵¹ Matt. xv. 13.
He answered and said unto them, Every plant which my Father which is in heaven planted not shall be [37] [Arabic, p. 80] uprooted. ¹⁴⁵²

¹⁴⁵² Matt. xv. 14.
Let them alone; for they are blind leading blind. And if the blind lead¹⁴⁵³

¹⁴⁵³ The Arabic word is here used with a Syriac meaning.
the blind, both of them shall fall into a hollow.

[38] ¹⁴⁵⁴

¹⁴⁵⁴ Mark vii. 17a; Matt. xv. 15.
And when Jesus entered the house from the multitude, Simon Cephas asked him, [39] and said unto him, My Lord, explain to us that parable. ¹⁴⁵⁵

¹⁴⁵⁵ Mark vii. 18b.
He 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; ¹⁴⁵⁶

¹⁴⁵⁶ Mark vii. 19.
because 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

¹⁴⁵⁷ This clause in the Peshitta is not very clear, and the Arabic version fails to get from it the meaning of the Greek.
¹⁴⁵⁸

¹⁴⁵⁸ Matt. xv. 18.
The thing which goeth forth from the mouth of the man proceedeth [42] from his heart, and it is that which defileth the man. ¹⁴⁵⁹

¹⁴⁵⁹ Mark vii. 21.
From within¹⁴⁶⁰

¹⁴⁶⁰ Or, From within, from.
the [43] heart of men proceed evil thoughts, ¹⁴⁶¹

¹⁴⁶¹ Mark vii. 22.
fornication, adultery, theft, false witness, murder, injustice, wickedness, deceit, stupidity, evil eye, calumny, pride, foolishness: [44] ¹⁴⁶²

¹⁴⁶² Mark vii. 23.
these evils all of them from within proceed from the heart, and they are the things [45] which defile the man: ¹⁴⁶³

¹⁴⁶³ Matt. xv. 20b.
but if a man eat while he washeth not his hands, he is not defiled.

[46] ¹⁴⁶⁴

¹⁴⁶⁴ Matt. xv. 21a; Mark vii. 24b.
And 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

¹⁴⁶⁵ Or, about him.
and [47] he could not be hid. ¹⁴⁶⁶

¹⁴⁶⁶ Mark vii. 25a.
But straightway a Canaanitish woman, whose daughter had an [48, 49] unclean spirit, heard of him. ¹⁴⁶⁷

¹⁴⁶⁷ Mark vii. 26a.
And that woman was a Gentile of Emesa of Syria. ¹⁴⁶⁸

¹⁴⁶⁸ Matt. xv. 22b.
And 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

¹⁴⁶⁹ Or, the devil.
¹⁴⁷⁰

¹⁴⁷⁰ Matt. xv. 23.
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. ¹⁴⁷¹

¹⁴⁷¹ Matt. xv. 24.
He answered and said unto them, I was [52] not sent except to the sheep that are gone astray of the house of Israel. ¹⁴⁷²

¹⁴⁷² Matt. xv. 25.
But she came and worshipped him, and said, My Lord, help me, have mercy upon me.

[53] ¹⁴⁷³

¹⁴⁷³ Matt. xv. 26.
Jesus said unto her, It is not seemly that the children’s bread should be taken and [54] thrown to the dogs. ¹⁴⁷⁴

¹⁴⁷⁴ Matt. xv. 27.
But she said, Yea, my Lord: the dogs also eat of the crumbs [55] that fall from their masters’ tables, and live. ¹⁴⁷⁵

¹⁴⁷⁵ Matt. xv. 28a.
Then said Jesus unto her, O woman, [56] great is thy faith: it shall be unto thee as thou hast desired. ¹⁴⁷⁶

¹⁴⁷⁶ Mark vii. 29b.
Go then thy way; and [57] because of this word, the devil is gone out of thy daughter. ¹⁴⁷⁷

¹⁴⁷⁷ Matt. xv. 28b.
And her daughter was [58] healed in that hour. ¹⁴⁷⁸

¹⁴⁷⁸ Mark vii. 30.
And that woman went away to her house, and found her daughter laid upon the bed, and the devil gone out of her.
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