20 to kill him, but was not able. (20) For Herod was afraid of John, because he knew him to be a just and holy man: and he observed him, and gave ear to him in many things and did [the 21 things], and he heard him with satisfaction. (21) And there was a noted day, when Herod made a supper, in the house of his nativity, for his nobles and the chiliarchs and the chiefs of Galilee. 22 (22) And the daughter of Herodias came in, and danced; and she pleased Herod and those reclining with him. And the king said to the maid: Ask of me what thou pleasest, and I will give it thee. 23 (23) And he swore to her: Whatever thou shalt ask, I will give thee, even to the half of my king24 dom. (24) And she went out, and said to her h mother: What shall I ask of him? She said to 25 her: The head of John the Baptizer. (25) And she soon entered with eagerness to the king, and said: I desire that thou, this hour, give me in a 26 dish the head of John the Baptizer. (26) And it pained the king greatly; yet, on account of the oath, and on account of the guests, he would not 27 denyh her: (27) and the king sent immediately an Sy. defraud. executioner, and commanded [him] to bring the head of John. And he went, and struck off the 28 head of John in the prison; (28) and brought it Gr. on a dish, and gave it to the maid; and the maid 29 gave it to her mother. (29) And his disciples heard [of it]; and they came and took up the corpse, and laid it in a sepulchre. 30 Sy = Σrexovλάrwp. or, place of burial. Sy. Lul Gr. ἀπόσολοι. And the legates' assembled before Jesus, and told him all they had done, and all they had 31 taught. (31) And he said to them: Come, let us go into a desert by ourselves, and rest a little. For there were many going and coming, and they 32 had not opportunity even to eat bread. (32) And they went by ship to a desert place by themselves. 33 (33) But many saw them, as they departed, and knew them; and from all the cities, they ran 34 thither by land before him. (34) And Jesus disembarked and saw great multitudes: and he compassionated them, because they were like sheep having no shepherd. And he began to teach them 35 many things. (35) And when the tin.e was advanced,m his disciples came to him, and said to Sy. great. him ; This is a desert place, and the time is ad m Sy.? › Sy. vanced. (36) Dismiss them, that they may go 36 Sy. into the fields around us and into the villages, and may buy themselves bread; for they have nothing to eat. (37) And he said to them: Give 37 ye them to eat. They say to him: Shall we go and buy bread of the value of two hundred denarii, and give them to eat? (38) And he said 38 to them: Go, see how many loaves ye have here. And when they had seen, they say to him: Five loaves and two fishes. (39) And he bid them 39 make the people recline on the grass by companies. (40) And they reclined, by companies of a hundred, 40 and of fifty. (41) And he took the five loaves 41 and the two fishes, and looked towards heaven, and blessed and brake the bread, and gave to his disciples to set before them: and they divided [also] the two fishes among them all. (42) And 42 they all ate, and were satisfied. (43) And they 43 took up twelve basketsp full of the fragments and of the fishes. (44) And they who had eaten 44 bread were five thousand men. (45) And he im- 45 mediately constrained his disciples to take ship, and go before him to the other side, to Bethsaida,r A while he dismissed the multitudes.-(46) And 46 when he had dismissed them, he went to a mountain to pray. (47) And when evening came, the 47 ship was in the middle of the sea, and he alone on Sy. torturing. the land. (48) And he saw them strainings them- 48 selves in rowing; for the wind was against them. And in the fourth watch of the night, Jesus came to them walking on the waters; and he was disposed to pass by them. (49) And they saw 49 him walking on the waters, and they supposed that the appearance was a spectre: and they cried out. (50) For they all saw him, and were afraid. 50 And immediately he spoke with them, and said to them: Take courage; it is I; fear not. (51) And 51 he entered into the ship to them; and the wind ceased. And they were greatly amazed, and astonished among themselves. (52) For they did 52 not learn by the bread; because their heart was stupid.t-(53) And when they had passed to the 53 other shore, they came to the land of Gennesaret.▾ Sy. Sy. thick. ▾ Sy.m Sy. (54) And when they went out of the ship, immedi- 54 . ately the men of the place knew him. (55) And 55 they ran through all that region, and began to bring forth them that were sick, bearing them on 56 beds to where they heard he was. (56) And wherever he entered into villages or cities, the sick were laid in the streets: and they besought him, that they might touch but the extremity of his raiment. And all they that touched him, were healed. VII. And there gathered about him Pharisees and 2 Scribes, who had come from Jerusalem. (2) And they saw some of his disciples eating bread, with 3 their hands unwashed; and they censured it. (3) For all the Jews and the Pharisees, unless they carefully wash their hands, do not eat; because 4 they hold fast the tradition of the Elders. (4) And [coming] from the market-place, except they baptize, a they do not eat. And there are many other Syos things which they have received to observe, [such b Sy. as] the baptismsb of cups, and of pots, and of 5 brazen vessels, and of couches. (5) And the sesso Scribes and Pharisees asked him: Why walk not thy disciples according to the tradition of the Elders, but eat bread with their hands unwashed? 6 (6) And he said to them: Well did Isaiah the prophet prophecy concerning you, ye hypocrites; as it is written: This people honoreth me with its 7 lips, but their heart is very far from me. (7) And in vain do they give me reverence, while teaching 8 as doctrines the precepts of men. (8) For ye have forsaken the commandment of God, and hold fast the tradition of men, the baptisms of cups, and of 9 pots, and many things like these. (9) He said [also] to them: Full well do ye spurn the precept 10 of God, that ye may establish your tradition! (10) For Moses said: Honor thy father and thy mother; and whoever shall revile his father or his mother, 11 shall surely die.c (11) But ye say: If a man say to his father or to his mother, Be it my oblation, 12 whatever thou mayest gain from me: (12) then ye suffer him not to do any thing for his father or his 13 mother. (13) And ye reject the word of God, on account of the tradition which ye hand down. 14 And many things like these, ye do.-(14) And Jesus called all the multitude, and said to them: 15 Hear, all ye; and understand. (15) There is nothing without a man which, by entering him, can с or, dying die d or, parable. e or, it. Sy. pollute him. But that which cometh out of him, Thence Jesus arose, and went to the border of 24 Syria), and besought him, that he would expel Lion, the demon from her daughter. (27) Jesus said 27 to her: Permit the children first to be satisfied; for it is not becoming, to take the children's bread and cast it to dogs. (28) And she replied, 28 and said to him: Yes, my Lord: and yet the dogs under the table eat the children's crumbs. (29) Jesus said to her: Go thou; because of this 29 speech, the demon hath departed from thy daughter. (30) And she went to her house, and 30 found her daughter lying on a bed, and the demon gone from her. 8 Sy, word. ies. Again Jesus departed from the border of Tyre 31 and Sidon, and came to the sea of Galilee, to the h Sy. the ten cit-border of Decapolis.h (32) And they brought to 32 him a deaf and stammering man, and besought him to lay his hand on him. (33) And he led him 33 aside from the multitude, and put his fingers into his ears, and spit, and touched his tongue, (34) and looked towards heaven, and sighed, and 34 i8y. 21 said to him: Be opened. (35) Ánd immediately 35 his ears were opened, and the bond of his tongue 36 was loosed, and he spake plainly. (36) And he charged them to tell no man of it: and the more he charged them, the more they proclaimed 37 it. (37) And they admired exceedingly, and said: He doeth every thing excellently: he maketh the deaf to hear, and the speechless to talk. VIII. And in those days, when the multitude was great, and had nothing to eat, he called his dis2 ciples, and said to them: (2) I compassionate this multitude; for, lo, three days have they continued 3 with me, and they have nothing to eat. (3) And if I send them to their homes fasting, they will faint by the way: for some of them have come 4 from a great distance. (4) His disciples say to him: Whence can one, here in the desert, satisfy 5 all these with bread? (5) And he asked them: How many loaves have ye? They say to him, 6 Seven. (6) And he directed the multitudes to recline on the ground: and he took the seven loaves, and blessed, and brake, and gave to his disciples to set forth; and they set before the 7 multitudes. (7) And there were a few fishes; and them he also blessed, and ordered them set 8 forth. (8) And they ate, and were satisfied: and they took up seven baskets of the remaining 9 fragments. (9) And the men who had eaten, were about four thousand: and he sent them away. 10 Sy. And immediately he entered a ship, with his disciples, and came to the place Dalmanutha.a 11 (11) And the Pharisees came out, and began to dispute with him; and, to tempt him, they de12 manded of him a sign from heaven. (12) And he sighed with his breath, and said: Why doth Sy. spirit. this generation seek after a sign? Verily I say to you, No sign will be given to this generation. 13 (13) And he left them, and embarked in the 14 ship; and they passed to the other shore.-(14) с And they had forgotten to take bread with them, and had but a single cake in the ship with Sy. 12 15 them. (15) And he charged them, and said to them: Take heed, and beware of the leaven of 16 the Pharisees, and of the leaven of Herod. (16) And they reasoned one with another, and said: |