The Gospell of S. Mathew. The .xv. Chapter.
- Then came to Jesus scribes and pharises from Jerusalem sayinge:
- why do thy disciples transgresse the tradicios of ye elders? for they wesshe not their hondes when they eate breed.
- He answered and sayde vnto them: why do ye also transgresse ye comaundment of God thorowe youre tradicions?
- For God comaunded sayinge: honoure thy father and mother and he that cursseth father or mother shall suffer deeth.
- But ye saye every ma shall saye to his father or mother: That which thou desyrest of me to helpe ye with: is geven God:
- and so shall he not honoure his father or his mother. And thus haue ye made yt the comaundment of God is with out effecte through youre tradicios.
- Ypocrites well prophesyed of you Esay sayinge:
- This people draweth nye vnto me with their mouthes and honoureth me with their lippes howbe it their hertes are farre from me:
- but in vayne they worshippe me teachinge doctrines whiche are nothing but mens precepts.
- And he called the people vnto him and sayde to them: heare and vnderstande.
- That which goeth into the mouth defyleth not ye man: but that which commeth out of the mouth defyleth the man.
- Then came his disciples and sayde vnto him. Perceavest thou not how that the pharises are offended in hearinge thys sayinge?
- He answered and sayde: all plantes which my hevely father hath not planted shalbe plucked vp by the rotes.
- Let them alone they be the blynde leaders of the blynde. If the blynde leede the blynde boothe shall fall into the dyche.
- Then answered Peter and sayd to him: declare vnto vs this parable.
- Then sayde Jesus: are ye yet with oute vnderstondinge?
- perceave ye not that what soever goeth in at the mouth descendeth doune in to the bely and is cast out into the draught?
- But those thingis which procede out of the mouth come from the herte and they defyle the man.
- For out of the herte come evyll thoughtis murder breakyng of wedlocke whordo theefte falce witnes berynge blasphemye.
- These are the thingis which defyle a man. But to eate with vnwesshen hondes defyleth not a man.
- And Jesus went thence and departed in to the costis of Tyre and Sidon.
- And beholde a woman which was a Cananite came out of ye same coostis and cryed vnto him sayinge: have mercy on me Lorde the sonne of David my doughter is pytiously vexed with a devyll.
- And he gave her never a worde to answer. Then came to him his disciples and besought him sayinge: sende her awaye for she foloweth vs cryinge.
- He answered and sayde: I am not sent but vnto ye loost shepe of ye housse of Israel.
- Then she came and worshipped him sayinge: master helpe me.
- He answered and sayde: it is not good to take the chyldrens breed and to cast it to whelpes.
- She answered and sayde: truthe Lorde: neverthelesse the whelpes eate of the cromes which fall from their masters table.
- Then Jesus answered and sayde vnto her. O woman greate is thy faith be it to the even as thou desyrest. And her doughter was made whole even at that same houre.
- Then Jesus went awaye from thence and came nye vnto the see of Galile and went vp in to a mountayne and sat doune there.
- And moche people came vnto him havinge with the halt blynde domme maymed and other many: and cast them doune at Jesus fete. And he healed them
- in so moche that the people wondred to se the dome speake the maymed whole the halt to go and ye blynde to se. And they glorified the God of Israel.
- Then Jesus called his disciples to him and sayde: I have compassion on ye people becau se they have cotynued with me now .iii. dayes and have nought to eate: and I wyll not let them departe fastinge leste they perisshe in ye waye.
- And his disciples sayd vnto him: whece shuld we get so moche breed in ye wildernes as shuld suffise so greate a multitude?
- And Jesus sayde vnto them: how many loves have ye? And they sayde: seven and a feawe litle fysshes.
- And he comaunded ye people to syt doune on ye grounde:
- and toke the seven loves and the fysshes and gave thankes and brake them and gave to his disciples and the disciples gave them to the people.
- And they dyd all eate and were suffised. And they toke vp of the broke meate that was lefte .vii. basketes full.
- And yet they that ate were .iiii.M. men besyde wemen and chyldren.
- And he sent awaye the people and toke shippe and came into the parties of Magdala.